Import format to intellij idea from JSMin/JSFormat

Question

Does anybody knows which formatting rules uses jsmin/jsformatter plugin of Notepad++? I need this because we are forced to use this formatter but I'm using intellij idea to write js code. So having this rules I can import it some how or, at least, apply manually.

Thanks everyone in advance!

Answer 1

The minimising rules applied are listed here:

http://www.crockford.com/javascript/jsmin.html

JSMin is a filter that omits or modifies some characters. This does not change the behavior of the program that it is minifying. The result may be harder to debug. It will definitely be harder to read.

JSMin first replaces carriage returns ('\r') with linefeeds ('\n'). It replaces all other control characters (including tab) with spaces. It replaces comments in the // form with linefeeds. It replaces comments in the /* */ form with spaces. All runs of spaces are replaced with a single space. All runs of linefeeds are replaced with a single linefeed.

It omits spaces except when a space is preceded and followed by a non-ASCII character or by an ASCII letter or digit, or by one of these characters:

\ $ _

It is more conservative in omitting linefeeds, because linefeeds are sometimes treated as semicolons. A linefeed is not omitted if it precedes a non-ASCII character or an ASCII letter or digit or one of these characters:

\ $ _ { [ ( + -

and if it follows a non-ASCII character or an ASCII letter or digit or one of these characters:

\ $ _ } ] ) + - " '

No other characters are omitted or modified.

There are other custom formatting rules applied according to the plugin developer's page:

http://www.sunjw.us/jsminnpp/