If I paste a string of Json data into the Kate text editor, I would like to alter the string so that this:
{"fruit": "Apple","size": "Large","color": "Red"}
becomes this:
{
"fruit": "Apple",
"size": "Large",
"color": "Red"
}
If I paste a string of Json data into the Kate text editor, I would like to alter the string so that this:
{"fruit": "Apple","size": "Large","color": "Red"}
becomes this:
{
"fruit": "Apple",
"size": "Large",
"color": "Red"
}
I’m not sure if Kate supports something as this natively, but you could use command line utility jq:
$ echo '{"fruit": "Apple","size": "Large","color": "Red"}' | jq
{
"fruit": "Apple",
"size": "Large",
"color": "Red"
}
Just note, you have to install it as it is not preinstalled:
sudo dnf install jq
See also:
$ json_reformat << EOF
{"fruit": "Apple","size": "Large","color": "Red"}
EOF
{
"fruit": "Apple",
"size": "Large",
"color": "Red"
}
$ rpm -q -f $(type -p json_reformat)
yajl-2.1.0-12.fc30.x86_64
I’ve not seen too many editors that will break lines for you like that. Even with Vim, it breaks lines if you specify the maximum line-width etc. However, in most editors, if you specify the different bits in different lines, they will do the indenting for you.
Tools → Filter Text → and then enter json_reformat, untick ‘Copy the result instead of pasting it’,
hit Enter seems to do the job
I have seen it in Notepad++
Never used that, so I wouldn’t know.
For completeness, there seem to be multiple plugins/tweaks that get VIM to do it. This is one, for example: https://blog.trueheart78.com/2018/01/22/make-vim-format-json-for-you.html or https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26214156/how-to-auto-format-json-on-save-in-vim
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