STM32CubeIDE Indentation and Generate Code

[hardrock]

Whenever I generate code, the indentation is always 2 characters.

Even though the indentation is set to 4 characters in the settings,
it continues to be generated as 2 characters except for the user code.

Formatter > Indentation

Tab Policy : Spaces Only
Indentation Size : 4
Tab Size : 4

I always repeat the below actions after generating the code.

main.c > Select All (Ctrl+A) > Correct Indentation (Ctrl+I)

I always use 4 characters indentation in my S/W design.
but it is quite inconvenient.
and I would like to ask if there is any room for improvement this.

[AScha.3]

Hi,

what you set in (right click in text area )-> preferences ? 

I have :

and in text editors ->

--> makes 4 char indentation ->

[hardrock]

Thank you for your reply.

I still have the problem.

The code is always generated 2 characters indentation except user code.

[Andrew Neil]

So, just to be clear, you're saying that the editor observes your settings for what you type, but the CubeMX generator does not observe them for the code it auto-generated?

[AScha.3]

To understand you : you want the HAL lib changed to another style , than it is, or 

the code generator generate a different code style in the "not-for-user" generated code areas ?

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When you write your program - in "user code area" - its doing, as you want /set it ?

[hardrock]

Thank you for your reply.

The CubeIDE generator creates that "user code" is 4-chars indentation based on settings,

but "non-user code" is 2-chars indentation automatically.

The indentation is mixed between 2 or 4 chars in one file, it makes difficult to see.

I want that both "user code" and "non-user code" are generated together

with N-chars indentation according to user's settings.

[Andrew Neil]

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@hardrock wrote:

The CubeIDE generator creates that "user code" is 4-chars indentation based on settings,

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Not sure what you mean by that?

CubeIDE/MX doesn't generate any User Code; it's called "User Code" because it's created by the User - you!

CubeIDE/MX puts comments to indicate where you can safely enter your "User Code" - but it doesn't generate any of that code.

[hardrock]

I understand what you are saying.

The "user code" (my code) can be adjusted the indentation according to my settings.

But how to adjust the indentation of "non-user code".
The indentation of "non-user code" is always 2 chars as default.

[Andrew Neil]

As @AScha.3 said, it would need to be a lot more than just the indent step:

https://community.st.com/t5/stm32cubemx-mcus/cubemx-generates-code-with-spaces-but-cubeide-uses-tabs/td-p/167681

Probably best is to put it through a code formatter - aka "beautifier" or "prettifier" - configured to your particular tastes...

And/or keep your code out of the auto-generated files - so you don't have to look at it! 

[Pavel A.]

Since the Cube thing is integrated into CubeIDE, the code generation should get the formatting options from Eclipse. This looks reasonable.