Do you know of a JS formatter that will support the ma-first coding style?

var a = 'ape'
  , b = 'bat'
  , c = 'cat'
  , d = 'dog'
  , e = 'elf'
  , f = 'fly'
  , g = 'gnu'
  , h = 'hat'
  , i = 'ibu'
  ;

So far, I've looked at JS Beautifier & SourceFormatX but couldn't find an option for it.

Do you know of a JS formatter that will support the ma-first coding style?

var a = 'ape'
  , b = 'bat'
  , c = 'cat'
  , d = 'dog'
  , e = 'elf'
  , f = 'fly'
  , g = 'gnu'
  , h = 'hat'
  , i = 'ibu'
  ;

So far, I've looked at JS Beautifier & SourceFormatX but couldn't find an option for it.

• javascript
• coding-style
• formatting

• Thought it might be useful to know, I'm not sure this question is a valid question in Stack Overflow. – gdoron Commented Jun 3, 2012 at 16:56
• @gdoron yeah, I was thinking about putting it on Programmers but it doesn't seem to belong there either. Know of a better place? – Yuriy Nemtsov Commented Jun 3, 2012 at 16:57
• No, Propose new site at Area 51, "off-topic". I have some questions to ask there too... :) – gdoron Commented Jun 3, 2012 at 17:00
• This feature is now available on the official JS Beautifier project. No hacking required. – BitwiseMan Commented Mar 17, 2015 at 0:19

1 Answer 1

I modified the jsbeautifier code a little here:

http://jsfiddle/RabTN/29/

press doit to see the beautified code.

I specifically modified line 1080:

        if (flags.var_line) {
            if (token_text === ',') {
                if (flags.var_line_tainted) {
                    flags.var_line_reindented = true;
                    flags.var_line_tainted = false;
                    print_newline();
                    print_token();
                    print_single_space();
                    break;
                } else {

and line 1123

        if (token_text === ',') {
            if (flags.var_line) {
                if (flags.var_line_tainted) {
                    print_newline();
                    print_token();
                    print_single_space();

                    flags.var_line_tainted = false;
                } else {
                    print_newline();
                    print_token();
                    print_single_space();
                }
            } else if (last_type === 'TK_END_BLOCK' && flags.mode !== "(EXPRESSION)") {
                print_token();
                if (flags.mode === 'OBJECT' && last_text === '}') {
                    print_newline();
                } else {
                    print_single_space();
                }
            } else {
                if (flags.mode === 'OBJECT') {
                    print_newline();
                    print_token();
                    print_single_space();
                } else {
                    // EXPR or DO_BLOCK
                    print_token();
                    print_single_space();
                }
            }
            break