Is it possible to use the algorithmicx package and modify the command blocks somehow that I get vertical lines for the indentation? Should this be probably done with TikZ? (The package algorithm2e can do this but I do not use it!)
A simple example I came up with is this one here:
How is it possible to remove the end tags and still have the vertical lines
As soon as I add \algnotext{EndIf} the TikZ is obviously no more drawn and there is no end tag as required?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{algpseudocode}% http://ctan.org/pkg/algorithmicx
\usepackage{algorithm}% http://ctan.org/pkg/algorithm
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\newcommand{\keyword}[1]{\textbf{\textsf{#1}}}
\newcounter{scopeCounter}
\newcommand{\decScopeCounter}{\addtocounter{scopeCounter}{-1}}
\newcommand{\incScopeCounter}{\addtocounter{scopeCounter}{1}}
% if blocks
\algblockdefx{If}{EndIf}%
[1]{%
\incScopeCounter%
\tikz[remember picture,baseline=-0.5ex] \coordinate (b\thescopeCounter);%
\keyword{if} #1\hspace{0.5mm}\keyword{:}%
}%
{%
\tikz[remember picture,baseline=-0.5ex] \coordinate (e\thescopeCounter);%
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]%
\draw[-,very thick] (b\thescopeCounter) -- (e\thescopeCounter);%
\end{tikzpicture}%
\algorithmicend%
}
\algcblockdefx{If}{Else}{EndIf}%
{%
\tikz[remember picture,baseline=-0.5ex] \coordinate (e\thescopeCounter);%
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]%
\draw[-,very thick] (b\thescopeCounter) -- (e\thescopeCounter);%
\end{tikzpicture}%
\tikz[remember picture,baseline=-0.5ex] \coordinate (b\thescopeCounter);%
\keyword{else:}%
}%
{%
\tikz[remember picture,baseline=-0.5ex] \coordinate (e\thescopeCounter);%
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]%
\draw[-,very thick] (b\thescopeCounter) -- (e\thescopeCounter);%
\end{tikzpicture}%
\algorithmicend%
\decScopeCounter
}%
\algcblockdefx{If}{Elif}{EndIf}%
[1]{%
\tikz[remember picture,baseline=-0.5ex] \coordinate (e\thescopeCounter);%
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]%
\draw[-,very thick] (b\thescopeCounter) -- (e\thescopeCounter);%
\end{tikzpicture}%
\tikz[remember picture,baseline=-0.5ex] \coordinate (b\thescopeCounter);%
\keyword{elif} #1\hspace{0.5mm}\keyword{:}
}%
{%
\tikz[remember picture,baseline=-0.5ex] \coordinate (e\thescopeCounter);%
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]%
\draw[-,very thick] (b\thescopeCounter) -- (e\thescopeCounter);%
\end{tikzpicture}%
\algorithmicend%
\decScopeCounter
}%
%\algnotext{EndIf} %%% UNCOMMENT THIS LINE TO REMOVE end TAGS
\begin{algorithm}
\caption{Euclid’s algorithm}\label{euclid}
\begin{algorithmic}[1]
\If{$i\geq maxval$}
\State $i\gets 0$
\Else
\If{$i+k\leq maxval$}
\State $i\gets i+k$
\EndIf
\EndIf
\end{algorithmic}
\end{algorithm}
\end{document}
Thanks a lot for the help!

algorithm2e(which would be the typical approach) and why you do not want the solution from the linked post. If you want someone to do some gratis TikZ magic for you, it should be clear for what purpose. – LaRiFaRi Sep 02 '15 at 09:21