[0.9.3][2023.3.5]Formatting of the code acting weird

[MartinX3]

I don't know if I should wait for 2024.1 and 0.9.4 for a bug report.

Using 0.9.3 and IntelliJ 2023.3.5 there is a weird code reformatting.
Or I use it wrong.

As example I can insert new lines in the enumerate environment or under chapters as much as I want.
They wont disappear.
Also the spaces between \chapter and \label or inside of {} and [] at the commands wont disappear.
But inserting new lines above the \chapter command removes them successfully.

[PHPirates]

That is by design, we decided to only remove newlines in front of sectioning commands, see https://hannah-sten.github.io/TeXiFy-IDEA/code-style.html#specify-number-of-blank-lines-before-sectioning-commands

The reason is that in LaTeX, newlines and empty lines can be significant and it is not always save to remove them. So the best thing we can do is 'hardcode' certain specific cases in which we are sure it won't change the result. So we need to take this one thing at a time. Examples of such cases are very much appreciated!

As example I can insert new lines in the enumerate environment or under chapters as much as I want.
Do you think that if there are two consecutive empty lines in a document, we can always remove one of them? It sounds reasonable to me but I'm not completely sure.

According to https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/9726/98850 empty lines can be added (or removed if there is more than one, I guess) only when LaTeX is in 'vertical mode', but then we need to know when that is the case.

Thanks to your comment I did now find one more case where newlines should be removed according to the LaTeX Companion, around display environments: https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/600078/98850

Also the spaces between \chapter and \label

I think you're right, spacing after and before sectioning commands seems to be safe to remove.

inside of {} and [] at the commands wont disappear.

Spaces inside command parameters can be significant, for example for text commands like \textbf

[MartinX3]

Woopsi, I'm sorry.
I had a migraine day and the code formatting looked weird for me.

But good that you saw missing stuff in the LaTeX Companion so my question wasn't a complete waste of your time. :D

[PHPirates]

No worries, thanks for your suggestions! Might take some time but eventually we will take a good look and implement them.