Right-Click in File Tree to Beautify other files

[Glavin001]

• Right-click single file
• Right-click directory

[Glavin001]

See atom/tree-view#44 for example.

[Glavin001]

@budhajeewa is looking forward to beautifying all files in a directory with right-clicking the file tree.

[budhajeewa]

@Glavin001 "high priority" label? Awesome! 😄 👍

[Glavin001]

I have midterms these next two weeks, not to mention work, however I hope to have a few minutes of free time where I could get this completed for you 😃.

[budhajeewa]

You're great. However, I believe we can wait two weeks. Do the best in exams Glavin. :)

[Glavin001]

Wow time flies! Sorry about the delay: work has been as crazier than exams 😜. Hoping to get this done for the holidays.

[Glavin001]

So single-file right-click in Atom's tree to beautify is working, and I am using it often actually! (not yet released, coming soon) Now I thinking about the directory beautification support.

I am thinking of using https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-dir and recursively processing the files in sub-directories, and if they are a supported Grammar then beautify them, and if not, ignore the file. Thoughts? How else could this be done, from a users perspective. Possibly list all of the files in the directory and sub-directories and allow the user to select/check files using multi-select-box.

[Glavin001]

Single-File support has been published to v0.18.0. Happy New Year! 😃

[budhajeewa]

Wow great @Glavin001 ! I am eagerly waiting for the directory support. It should be recursive. :)

[Glavin001]

Published to v0.19.0! Enjoy :)

[budhajeewa]

@Glavin001 You are awesome! 👍

[budhajeewa]

Hi @Glavin001 , I checked this, but I encounter an error when trying to get it to work. Please see #170.

[luisrudge]

This is not showing as option anymore :(

[Glavin001]

I have temporarily removed this option. See #213

[IanShoe]

Just curious if any progress has been made since the concerns from #213?

[Glavin001]

@IanShoe : Not yet completed. Would definitely review a Pull Request implementing the feature list here: #213 (comment)

[brunolemos]

@Glavin001 please add an option to easily do that. You could make an alert with the dangerous risk or open all files without saving it so the user can check it.

[bs-thomas]

@Glavin001 Sorry not trying to rush you. I was really looking forward to this feature actually. May I ask if there are any updates on this? Thank you very much for your time and kind attention!

[Glavin001]

Hi everyone! Sorry, I haven't had time to implement this. The option could be easily added back ( see f4b2916 ), however I would want there to be safety measures to ensure users do not lose their code, in the case that Atom and/or Atom-Beautify locks up and starts deleting data.
I would be happy to review a Pull Request and have further discussions about this feature. Thanks!

[julkue]

What is the preferred workaround in the meantime (for years)? Manually beautifying isn't really an option with many files.

[Glavin001]

@julmot : you could edit the menus/atom-beautify.cson file and uncomment the Beautify Directory command: f4b2916
I believe Atom packages are installed in ~/.atom/packages directory. So look for for a file with a possible path of ~/.atom/packages/atom-beautify/menus/atom-beautify.cson and after you edit the file reload Atom.

[Glavin001]

Actually the preferred workaround is not a workaround and instead that someone submits a Pull Request to Atom-Beautify resolving the problems outlined in #213 😄 . I need someone who wants this feature to exist and is willing to contribute to ensure it is developed and supported. I need your help and contribution.

I am currently focusing my after-work-and-after-school hours on #1174 which will provide a lot of value to both users and maintainers. Beautifying a directory of files is on the todo list to be completed after #1174 has been completed. However, no ETA on this feature. The best way to get this feature implemented is to contribute! Thanks in advance!