AStyle AddIn for SharpDevelop (Alex)

Alex is an add in for SharpDevelop IDE. By wrapping up the powerful AStyle executable, it provides SD users much more powerful coding style support than original Ctrl + I shortcut. The new shortcut for Alex is Ctrl + W.

How to install
SharpDevelop 2.1 and 2.2 are officially supported by 1.0 Production.

Download the zip package from here, and extract AStyle.sdaddin file from it. Double click the file icon and SharpDevelop will help you install it.

SharpDevelop 3.0 Support
SharpDevelop 3.0 support was added by Matt Everson (author of another SharpDevelop add in), and checked in as Change Set 34153. You can download the installer for 2.0 Production.

How to configure
When you restart SharpDevelop, you will see two more menu items under Tools.

Click AStyle options, and a dialog shows.

You can change the coding style there.

Contact the author
You can leave comments here or in the forums. You can find more information about the author here.

Artistic Style
You can find more information about AStyle here.

Why I Need This Add In?
You may wonder why I created this add in when SharpDevelop already supports Ctrl + I. According to my experience, AStyle can handle the most ugly source files I've ever seen, but SharpDevelop cannot handle them at all. :-)