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Asked: May 13, 20262026-05-13T12:19:04+00:00 2026-05-13T12:19:04+00:00

This is not a subjective nor an argumentative question but a question that needs

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This is not a subjective nor an argumentative question but a question that needs a yes/no answer and, if the answer is positive, the name(s) of said editor(s).

Imagine the company guideline mandates committed code to use the K&R style and that I prefer Allman (for example). Are there editors (either standalone or part of an IDE) that allow you to always “view” your source code using the Allman style, yet always save the file using the K&R style?

It doesn’t seem that far-fetched nor that complicated: the source code/text file would always be saved using the “official” style, but what the editor would show you on-screen wouldn’t be exactly your text file but a “view” of your text file using the indent style of your choice. And hence every developer would be free to choose the indent style he/she preferred.

Does an editor (either standalone or integrated with an IDE) that does this exist?

Note that I’m really asking if there exist editor(s) that do this, not if there are workflows allowing one to do something similar (for example suggesting to me to use GNU indent before doing my Mercurial hg commit is not anywhere near an answer to the question).

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    2026-05-13T12:19:05+00:00Added an answer on May 13, 2026 at 12:19 pm

    Vim allows you to specify exactly how you want it’s indenting to work. Check out:

    http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/indent.html#cinoptions-values
    

    Once it is specified, re-indent the whole document with:

    1G=G
    

    Then all you need is to write a macro to set indent style, re-indent and save and another one that autoloads the correct indent style when opening a file.

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