Make `:w` execute "Save Without Formatting" (or introduce new command)
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
In "real" vim, by default, the command :w saves the document without applying any language-specific formatting rules to the active buffer.
However, in VSCodeVim, :w performs the default Save action (i.e. cmd+s), which formats the document before saving it.
Describe the solution you'd like
VSCode offers a separate action in the command palette called "File: Save without formatting," which will save your file as-is.
It's my opinion that :w should invoke that save method.
Describe alternatives you've considered
So that behavior doesn't change for existing users, perhaps a separate command could be introduced that invokes the "File: Save without formatting" command, for instance: :wwo, (i.e. write without)
Additional context
I've been working with a team on a Javascript project, where all other developers are using Sublime or Atom.
VSCode has an expansive set of formatting rules that are applied on a "regular" file save. It ends up converting things like function(foo) { } into function (foo) {}. These changes are extremely unimportant to me, and to my team. However, I end up saving my work (out of habit) with :w — subtle changes get made that add a ton of bloat to my pull requests, which are a hassle to unwind individually with git add --patch .
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First steps
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No file or test is named. Start by locating the TypeScript handler for the :w command and the VS Code command used for "File: Save without formatting"; done means :w or a clearly documented new command saves without formatting, with behavior covered by the relevant tests.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, vscode
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100