[Lazarus] IDE autocomplete nuisance

[Martin]

On 15/03/2013 02:42, stdreamer wrote:
> On 15/3/2013 3:56 πμ, Xiangrong Fang wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> While I use auto complete of a property, the IDE inserts ":=" for me
>> automatically, this is good, but how can I make it auto insert a SPACE
>> before the colon so that I don't need to get back and insert it myself
>> everytime?
>>
>> Thanks
>
> open the menu <Tools\Options> on the tree on the right select <Code 
> Tools\Space> Insert a space before chekbox group check the colon.
>
> This is not ideal since it will add to all colons even those used on 
> variable definition which is ok for me I wanted there too.

No:
Check "Insert Space in FRONT of Symbol"

Personally, I also do: "Insert Space AFTER " Colon,Comma,Semicolon,Symbol