I am working on an open source project that uses horizontal alignment in the source code. The code is written in C ++, and I'm using Visual Studio 2013. Visual Studio tries to be smart about the interval, but ends up destroying my alignment manually.
A typical piece of code looks like this:
bool → → → GetFieldWithType → → ( int idx, cc8* name, int type );
bool → → → GetFieldWithType → → ( int idx, int key, int type );
static cc8* → GetLuaTypeName → → ( int type );
void* → → → GetPtrUserData → → ( int idx );
Now, if I add another line in the same way as I type the opening bracket (after two tabs), Visual Studio deletes the two tabs I entered and replaces them with a single space. I try to be patient and press Ctrl + Z to cancel automatic formatting. But as soon as I type a semicolon, it kills tabs again and again.
I found an option in Tools> Options> Text Editor> C / C ++> Formatting> Interval> Interval for function parentheses, which allows you to insert a space before the opening bracket of the argument list . If I deactivate this option, VS still insists on deleting the tabs before the opening bracket, it just does not add a space. How to get rid of this behavior?
To be clear: I'm fine with VS, automatically inserting spaces (according to what I configured). I don’t want to deactivate automatic formatting at all. I just don’t want it to remove the space that I just entered manually.