AblFormatter

VSCode extension for Progress OpenEdge code formatting.

This extension uses tree-sitter-abl implementation by Kamil Jakubus.

Current status

This is an early preview. Currently, the formatter is not ready for the public release. You can only download it here and install from vsix file.

Planned release date: 2025-01

TODO: Add gif here

Features

At the moment we implemented formatting logic for these language features:

• Assign
• block
• body
• case
• define
• enum
• find
• for
• functionParameter
• if
• ifFunction
• procedureParameter
• property
• tempTable
• using
• variableDefinition

Configuration

We implemented extensive settings configuration to allow users to easly tailor the experience to their needs. This might not be the case in the future.

Settings

Formatting on save

TODO: link a separate file with settings

Installation

Download the extension vsix file from GitHub repository and install it on your machine.

How to install from vsix?

Usage

Alowed file extensions:

• .p
• .cls
• .i
• .w

Commands:

• Format Document: Formats the entire ABL document.
• Format Selection: Formats only the selected lines of code.

Debuging

• TODO: describe how to deal with debug mode

Contributing

Registering formatter issues

• TODO: create issue template

Fixing yourself

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch for your feature or bug fix.
3. Commit your changes and push to your branch.
4. Submit a pull request to the main repository.

License

This project is licensed under the APACHE 2.0 License - see the LICENSE file for details.