Block indentation in TeXMaker

Question

Is it possible to indent whole paragraphs of source code in TeXMaker (or alternatively, in any LaTeX editor), so that intentation applies to all rows in paragraphs when the text is wrapped over several lines is the editor?

By default, TeXMaker intents the source code like the first code snippet below, whereas I would like indentation as in the second snippet, i.e. applied to the whole paragraph.

\begin{abstract}
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, 
sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore 
magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud 
exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo 
consequat.
\end{abstract}

vs.

\begin{abstract}
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, 
    sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore 
    magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud 
    exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo 
    consequat.
\end{abstract}

@TorbjørnT. I think this question is about automatic indenting and pretty-printing. Edit->Indent is for current or selected lines. — Alex, Aug 04 '13 at 20:27
Related: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/126241/autoindent-in-texmaker — Torbjørn T., Aug 04 '13 at 20:27
@Alex Yeah, you're probably right, but that does save one the trouble of indenting each line ... — Torbjørn T., Aug 04 '13 at 20:28
@TorbjørnT. The tool mentioned in the other question auto-indents the file, it does not block indent anything in the editor? — malin, Aug 04 '13 at 20:51
@Alex By the way, how do you do block indent in Emacs+AucTeX? — malin, Aug 04 '13 at 20:53
latexindent should indent everything in the whole file "nicely", yes, but the changes will of course show up in the editor, so I don't exactly get the question ... — Torbjørn T., Aug 04 '13 at 20:58
@malin You merely 'fill' the paragraph with M-q—a common operation in normal emacs usage. (Just to be clear, M-q is usually Alt+q.) And Alex is right—emacs+AuCTeX+RefTeX is the absolute best! — Sean Allred, Aug 04 '13 at 21:21
Best Place to start Emacs Journey A simpleton's guide to TeX workflow with emacs — texenthusiast, Aug 04 '13 at 22:10

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 05 '13 at 02:02

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TeXstudio - originally called TexMakerX, a fork of Texmaker - apparently does the block indenting of word-wrapped paragraphs "out of the box". Here's a screenshot of a test I just did with my version of TeXstudio (version 2.6.2 running in Ubuntu 12.04):

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answered Aug 05 '13 at 02:02

ricmarques

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This works even with hard-wrapping while soft-wrapping is shown here. – Qrrbrbirlbel Aug 05 '13 at 02:28

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 12 '14 at 15:40

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As someone else suggested, it's in the edit menu. Furthermore, it seems to have a default keyboard shortcut:

Ctrl+>

I also note that the shortcut for unindent is:

Ctrl+<

edited Nov 12 '14 at 15:40

Claudio Fiandrino

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answered Nov 12 '14 at 15:19

lampishthing

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This is no new information/answer on the question. – Nov 12 '14 at 15:24
I disagree. The user wanted a way to indent several lines of source in Texmaker without hassle. The provided keyboard shortcuts do that. – lampishthing Nov 12 '14 at 15:34
Welcome to TeX.SX! I think this would not work on my Mac. For a detailed answer, you should always specify limitations of the proposed approach. – Claudio Fiandrino Nov 12 '14 at 15:42
Thank you! I already feel the warmth :) Go to the menu Options -> Configure TexMaker. In the "Configure TexMaker" window select "Shortcuts" from the left pane. In the actions you can find "Indent" and "Unindent" which were set to Ctrl+> and Ctrl+<, respectively, by default on my system. If you prefer you can descibe the shortcuts as Ctrl+Shift+. and Ctrl+Shift+, on my UK QWERTY keyboard. I'm using Texmaker 4.1 running on Ubuntu. – lampishthing Nov 12 '14 at 16:04

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 05 '13 at 14:19

"Edit" menu of Texmaker -> indent : will indent the selected text and Texmaker uses indentation memory.

On the snapshot, the text is not indented because this is the same line and not a block of different lines (Texmaker uses dynamic word-wrap : a line is automatically wrapped according to the width of the editor)

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:36

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Emacs/AucTeX does not seem to do block indentation be default, but by some googling last night I found that it can be enabled by installing a script like adaptive-wrap (see also Auctex block indent). The difference can be seen below.

Without adaptive-wrap:

example without adaptive-wrap

With adaptive wrap:

example with adaptive-wrap

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answered Aug 05 '13 at 09:14

malin

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Without any extra script you can also use LaTeX -> Formatting and Marking -> Format Environment/Paragraph/Region/Section from the menu, or the corresponding key codes (C-c C-q C-e/p/r/s). This will pretty-print these parts of your code. Or you can press tab when a line is not indented. – Alex Aug 05 '13 at 14:44
Yes, but that method inserts spaces and divide the lines into a width which fits the editor, whereas the script still keeps the letters/words on one long line? (if that was even remotely understandable... :) ) – malin Aug 05 '13 at 15:10

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 03 '17 at 16:12

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In TeXworks, you can highlight multiple lines of source code and press Ctrl+] (I imagine there's an analogous command if you're not using Windows) to indent them all. You can press Ctrl+[ to unindent them. I don't know if it will work in TeXMaker; it doesn't work for me in TeXstudio.

answered Aug 03 '17 at 16:12

Matthew

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Welcome to TeX.SX! The questions is about TeXMaker and not about TeXworks. – Bobyandbob Aug 03 '17 at 17:09
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@Bobyandbob On the other hand, from the question: or alternatively, in any LaTeX editor. – Heiko Oberdiek Aug 03 '17 at 17:29
@HeikoOberdiek Yes you're right. I have to read more carefully. – Bobyandbob Aug 03 '17 at 17:37

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jun 02 '23 at 11:56

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In Texmaker highlight multiple line and then press:

Ctrl and SHIFT and '>' to indent to right. Ctrl and SHIFT and '<' to indent to left.

You can also perform the same task from menu: 'Edit' menu and select 'Indent', Or Edit menu and select 'Unindent'

answered Jun 02 '23 at 11:56

Dr. Ehsan Ali

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Block indentation in TeXMaker

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