Formatting - Rocket MV BASIC

Formatting Usage

There are three ways to format a document:

Document formatting: press F1 to open a command window and then enter "Format Document" to format the entire document.
Range formatting: select a part of the code and then right-click the box and select "Format Selection" to format your selection.
On typing formatting: open the VS Code settings page and search for "format on type". Select the Editor: Format On Type option. When this option is selected, the line of code you just finished editing will be formatted automatically after pressing Enter.

The formatting related configuration file contains many formatting settings. The information below describes these settings:

trimNewlines

Trim the original multiple newlines to keep one blank line.

Note: Not applicable for On Type Formatting.

Type and Values

boolean

Example

Before:

CRT “HELLO”
CRT “WORLD”



CRT “HI”

After:

CRT “HELLO”
CRT “WORLD”

CRT “HI”

trimFinalNewlines

Trim the final newlines down to one newline.

Note: This option is dependent upon Visual Studio Code and will be subject to the Visual Studio Code’s setting in future releases.

Note: Not applicable for On Type Formatting.

Type and Values

boolean

Example

Before:

CRT “HELLO”
END



</EOF>

After:

CRT “HELLO”
END

</EOF>

trimTrailingWhitespace

Trim the trailing white spaces of a line.

Type and Values

boolean

Example

Before:

CRT “HELLO”</SPACE></SPACE></SPACE>

After:

CRT “HELLO”

insertFinalNewline

Insert a newline at the end of the file if one does not exist.

Note: Not applicable for On Type Formatting.

Type and Values

boolean

Example

Before:

CRT “HELLO”</EOF>

After:

CRT “HELLO”
</EOF>

multiStatementsOneLine

Specify whether to allow multiple statements on the same line.

Note: this option will not take effect for line clauses when clause.useBlock is false. To split statements in a line clause, set clause.useBlock to true.

Note: Not applicable for On Type Formatting.

Type and Values

boolean

Example 1

When clause.useBlock is set to false, and multiStatementsOneLine set to false.

Before:

CRT “HELLO”; CRT “WORLD”
IF CLAUSE.USEBLOCK = FALSE THEN CRT “HI”; CRT “WORLD”

After:

CRT “HELLO”
CRT “WORLD”
IF CLAUSE.USEBLOCK = FALSE THEN CRT “HI”; CRT “WORLD”

Example 2

When clause.useBlock is set to true, and multiStatementsOneLine set to false.

Before:

CRT “HELLO”; CRT “WORLD”
IF CLAUSE.USEBLOCK = TRUE THEN CRT “HI”; CRT “WORLD”

After:

CRT “HELLO”
CRT “WORLD”
IF CLAUSE.USEBLOCK = TRUE THEN 
    CRT “HI”
    CRT “WORLD”
END

alignInlineComments

Specify the column to which the inline comments are aligned when possible.

Type and Values

integer

Example

If it is set to 30,

Before:

CRT “HELLO” ;* HELLO
CRT “WORLD”            ;* WORLD
CRT “!!”           ;* !!

After:

CRT “HELLO”         ;* HELLO
CRT “WORLD”         ;* WORLD
CRT “!!”            ;* !!

spacing.operator

Specify the number of whitespaces around binary operators such as “+”, ”-“, ”:”, etc.

Type and Values

integer

Example

If it is set to 1,

Before:

A = B+C
A = B-C
A = B:C

After:

A = B + C
A = B – C
A = B : C

spacing.semicolon

Specify the number of whitespaces after a semicolon delimiter between statements on the same line.

Type and Values

integer

Example

If it is set to 1,

Before:

CRT “HELLO”;CRT “WORLD”

After:

CRT “HELLO”; CRT “WORLD”

spacing.comma

Specify the number of whitespaces after a comma delimiter in a parameter list.

Type and Values

integer

Example

If it is set to 1,

Before:

CALL SAY(HELLO,WORLD)

After:

CALL SAY(HELLO, WORLD)

spacing.assignment

Specify the number of whitespaces around assignment symbols such as “=”, “+=”, “:=”, etc

Type and Values

integer

Example

If it is set to 1,

Before:

A=B
A+=B
A:=B

After:

A = B
A += B
A := B

spacing.parentheses

Specify the number of whitespaces after the open parentheses and before the close parentheses for a parameter list or matrix reference.

Type and Values

integer

Example

If it is set to 1,

Before:

CALL SAY(HELLO, WORLD)

After:

CALL SAY( HELLO, WORLD )

spacing.squareBrackets

Specify the number of whitespaces after the open square bracket and before the close square bracket for a parameter list or matrix reference.

Type and Values

integer

Example

If it is set to 1,

Before:

PRINT A["#", 4, 1]

After:

PRINT A[ "#", 4, 1 ]

spacing.curlyBrackets

Specify the number of whitespaces after the open curly bracket and before the close curly bracket for a parameter list or matrix reference.

Type and Values

integer

Example

If it is set to 1,

Before:

CALL SAY{HELLO, WORLD}

After:

CALL SAY{ HELLO, WORLD }

spacing.angleBrackets

Specify the number of whitespaces after the open angle bracket and before the close angle bracket for dynamic arrays.

Type and Values

integer

Example

If it is set to 1,

Before:

VALUE = DYNARRAY<1, 2>

After:

VALUE = DYNARRAY< 1, 2 >

style.operator

Specify whether to use a symbol or keyword for operators such as GT, LE.

Type and Values

string
- “Symbol”: use symbols such as >, <, #
- “keyword”: use keywords such as LT, GT, NE
- “keep”: keep the original form.

Example

If it is set to “keyword”,

Before:

IF A > B THEN CRT “HELLO WORLD”

After:

IF A GT B THEN CRT “HELLO WORLD”

style.keyword

Specify whether to use the full name or abbreviated name for keywords that support abbreviation.

Type and Values

string
- “full”: use full name such as EQUATE.
- “abbr”: use keyword such as EQU.
- “keep”: keep the original form.

Example

If it is set to “abbr”,

Before:

EQUATE HELLO LITERALLY “HI”

After:

EQU HELLO LIT “HI”

style.commentMark

Specify the style of comment mark.

Type and Values

string
- “rem”: use rem for as comment mark.
- “*”: use * as comment mark.
- “!”: use ! as comment mark.
- “$”: use $ as comment mark.

Example

If it is set to “rem”,

Before:

* comment line
A = B ;* inline comment

After:

REM comment line
A = B ;REM inline comment

style.keywordCase

Specify the case for the keywords.

Type and Values

string
- “uppercase”: Use upper case for keywords like IF
- “lowercase”: use lower case for keywords such as if.
- “titlecase”: use title case for keywords such as If.
- “keep”: keep the original form.

Example

If it is set to lowercase,

Before:

IF A = B THEN
     CRT “Hello World”
END

After:

if A = B then
    crt “Hello World”
end

indent.base

Specify the number of TAB’s to use as the base indentation for all statements except:

Labels
Directives (see indent.directive)
PROGRAM, SUBROUTINE, FUNCTION Statements
END statements (not for block end)
Comment (see indent.commentLine)

Type and Values

integer

Example

With indent.base set to 1 and in Visual Studio Code, tabSize is set to 4,

Before:

SUBROUTINE GREETING(HI, NAME)
CRT HI
CRT NAME
WELCOME:
CRT “WELCOME”
END

After:

SUBROUTINE GREETING(HI, NAME)
    CRT HI
    CRT NAME
WELCOME:
    CRT “WELCOME”
END

indent.block

Specify whether to indent statements in block clauses. The spaces for each level of indentation is configured by the tabSize in the Visual Studio Code.

Types and Values

boolean

Example

If it is set to true,

Before:

IF A = B THEN
CRT “HELLO”
CRT “WORLD”
END

After:

IF A = B THEN
    CRT “HELLO”
    CRT “WORLD”
END

indent.commentLine

Whether to indent comment lines as statements. If set to true, the comment line will be indented the same as the statement following the comment.

Type and Values

boolean

Example

If it is set to true,

Before:

* COMMENT LINE 1
IF A THEN 
* COMMENT LINE 2
    CRT “HI WORLD”
END

After:

* COMMENT LINE 1
IF A THEN 
    * COMMENT LINE 2
    CRT “HI WORLD”
END

indent.directive

Specify whether to indent the directives as statements.

Type and Values

boolean

Example

If it is set to true,

Before:

$INCLUDE INC GREETING.H
    CRT ‘HELLO’

After:

    $INCLUDE INC GREETING.H
    CRT ‘HELLO’

indent.clause

If a clause is starting at a new line, then this option controls whether to indent whole clause (including the clause keyword).

Type and Values

boolean

Example

If it is set to true,

Before:

OPEN FILENAME TO FILEVAR 
ON ERROR
    CRT “ERROR”
END
THEN
    CRT “GOOD”
END
ELSE
    CRT “BAD”
END

After:

OPEN FILENAME TO FILEVAR 
    ON ERROR
        CRT “ERROR”
    END
    THEN
        CRT “GOOD”
    END
    ELSE
        CRT “BAD”
  END

clause.useBlock

Specify to always use a block for clauses,

Note: Not applicable for On Type Formatting.

Type and Values

boolean

Example

If it is set to true,

Before:

IF A = B THEN CRT “HI”; CRT “ WORLD”;

After:

IF A = B THEN
    CRT “HI”; CRT “ WORLD”
END

clause.addBlankLines

For block clauses, always add a blank line before and after the block.

Note: Not applicable for On Type Formatting

Type and Values

boolean

Example

If it is set to true,

Before:

IF A = B THEN
    CRT “HI”
    CRT “ WORLD”
END

After:

IF A = B THEN

    CRT “HI”
    CRT “ WORLD”

END

clause.atNewline

Specify to always ensure that clause keywords (THEN/ELSE/LOCKED/ON ERROR) start at a new line.

Note: Not applicable for On Type Formatting.

Type and Values

boolean

Example

If it is set to true,

Before:

IF A = B THEN
    CRT “HI”
    CRT “WORLD”
END

After:

IF A = B 
THEN
    CRT “HI”
    CRT “WORLD”
END

routine.labelPattern

Specify a pattern for labels. A Statement’s indentation under these labels is the same as subroutines. For other statements, the indentation is the same as the main routine.

Note: If this value is left empty, all statements under the labels use the same indentation as subroutines except for the first label.

Type and Values

string

The pattern follows GLOB rule.

Example

If set to LABEL*,

Before:

MAIN:
    NULL
    RETURN

LABEL1:
    NULL
    RETURN

LABEL2:
    NULL
    RETURN

FINAL:
    NULL
    RETURN

After:

MAIN:
NULL
RETURN

LABEL1:
    NULL
    RETURN

LABEL2:
    NULL
    RETURN

FINAL:
NULL
RETURN

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