Auto insert semicolon after class definition in Codelite

Question

When writing classes in Codelite, I get this annoying behaviour where the IDE doesn't insert a semicolon after the closing brace, which has resulted in a few annoying syntax errors when compiling.
I tried looking in the program's Preferences menu but couldn't find a relevant option and Google didn't help either in this respect.
Is there any option at all to enable the auto-insertion of a semicolon after a class declaration?

There's no requirement to end a class definition with a semi-colon, for instance `class X { } x, y, z;` is perfectly legal code. — john, Jan 30 '18 at 06:49
It likely depends on with what wizard/plugin you generate these classes. — Öö Tiib, Jan 30 '18 at 07:38

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 31 '18 at 11:14

CodeLite does not do that by default and there is no setting that you can modify to do that.

You can however, achieve this in two other ways:

Use the class wizard:

Create your class using the 'Class Wizard': Right click on a folder in the tree view and select New class

Use the abbreviations plugin

From the menu bar: plugins->abbreviations->settings
Click on the new entry button (green plus icon)
Name it "class" (or a name of your choice) and paste the following code:

class | { public:

};
Click "Save"
Now when typing in the editor class hit: Ctrl-ENTER and you will see this entry - select it and it will added to the text editor for you.

NOTE: the | marker indicates where CodeLite will place the caret, You can have multiple carets. So the above example can be expanded to something like this:

class | {
public:
    |(){}
    ~|(){}
};

Now, when CodeLite adds this snippet to the editor, you will get 3 carets. Typing the class name will add them in all three locations

NOTE 2: The above was tested using CodeLite 11.0.8 (git latest), but it should work with CodeLite 11.0 as well

HTH,

Eran, Author of CodeLite IDE

Auto insert semicolon after class definition in Codelite

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