in reply to bloated 'if' formatting

I would not press tab after the '(' and would indent the following lins with as many tabs as are before 'if' followed by 5 spaces. So replacing a space with . here and setting a > where a tab would be:
> > if ( condition > > .....&& condition > > .....&& condition > > .....xxx > > ) { > > > statements; > > }
I'd do this just because one can never be sure about the tabsize someone else might use later.

OTOH: I tend to include jEdit buffer options that will others give at least a chance to set the tabs I used when creating my files.

$\=~s;s*.*;q^|D9JYJ^^qq^\//\\\///^;ex;print