diff --git a/vlib/compiler/compile_errors.v b/vlib/compiler/compile_errors.v
index a14ac77506..8e270b3e24 100644
--- a/vlib/compiler/compile_errors.v
+++ b/vlib/compiler/compile_errors.v
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ fn (p mut Parser) error_with_position(s string, sp ScannerPos) {
 }
 
 fn (p mut Parser) warn_with_position(s string, sp ScannerPos) {
+	if p.scanner.is_fmt {
+		return
+	}
 	// on a warning, restore the scanner state after printing the warning:
 	cpos := p.scanner.get_scanner_pos()
 	e := normalized_error( s )
diff --git a/vlib/compiler/fn.v b/vlib/compiler/fn.v
index 7c2bae4dff..a626b30679 100644
--- a/vlib/compiler/fn.v
+++ b/vlib/compiler/fn.v
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ fn (p mut Parser) clear_vars() {
 // Function signatures are added to the top of the .c file in the first run.
 fn (p mut Parser) fn_decl() {
 	p.clear_vars() // clear local vars every time a new fn is started
-	defer { p.fgenln('\n') }
+	defer { p.fgen_nl() p.fgen_nl() }
 	fn_start_idx := p.cur_tok_index()
 	// If we are in the first pass, create a new function.
 	// In the second pass fetch the one we created.
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ fn (p mut Parser) fn_decl() {
 		p.fgen_nl()
 	}
 	if is_c {
-		p.fgenln('\n')
+		p.fgen_nl()
 	}
 	// Register the method
 	if receiver_typ != '' {
diff --git a/vlib/compiler/for.v b/vlib/compiler/for.v
index 5ba2dfaa16..97316d2890 100644
--- a/vlib/compiler/for.v
+++ b/vlib/compiler/for.v
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ module compiler
 
 fn (p mut Parser) for_st() {
 	p.check(.key_for)
-	p.fspace()
 	p.for_expr_cnt++
 	next_tok := p.peek()
+	if p.tok != .lcbr {
+		p.fspace()
+	}
 	//debug := p.scanner.file_path.contains('r_draw')
 	p.open_scope()
 	mut label := 0
diff --git a/vlib/compiler/parser.v b/vlib/compiler/parser.v
index 26ed66a4cd..77e69e2e52 100644
--- a/vlib/compiler/parser.v
+++ b/vlib/compiler/parser.v
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ struct Parser {
 	file_pcguard   string
 	v              &V
 	pref           &Preferences // Preferences shared from V struct
-	kek string
 mut:
 	scanner        &Scanner
 	tokens         []Token
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ mut:
 	tmp_cnt        int
 	builtin_mod    bool
 	inside_if_expr bool
-	inside_unwrapping_match_statement bool
+	//inside_unwrapping_match bool
 	inside_return_expr bool
 	inside_unsafe bool
 	is_struct_init bool
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ mut:
 	returns        	bool
 	vroot          	string
 	is_c_struct_init bool
-	is_empty_c_struct_init bool
+	is_empty_c_struct_init bool // for `foo := C.Foo{}` => `Foo foo;`
 	is_c_fn_call bool
 	can_chash bool
 	attr string
@@ -112,9 +111,11 @@ struct ParserState {
 // new parser from string. unique id specified in `id`.
 // tip: use a hashing function to auto generate `id` from `text` eg. sha1.hexhash(text)
 fn (v mut V) new_parser_from_string(text string) Parser {
+	// line comment 1
 	mut p := v.new_parser(new_scanner(text))
-	p.scan_tokens()
+	p.scan_tokens() // same line comment
 	return p
+	// final comment
 }
 
 fn (v mut V) reset_cgen_file_line_parameters(){
@@ -277,6 +278,7 @@ fn (p &Parser) peek() TokenKind {
 }
 
 fn (p &Parser) log(s string) {
+	123 // vfmt
 /*
 	if !p.pref.is_verbose {
 		return
@@ -738,6 +740,8 @@ fn (p mut Parser) const_decl() {
 	p.fmt_dec()
 	p.check(.rpar)
 	p.inside_const = false
+	p.fgen_nl()
+	p.fgen_nl()
 }
 
 // `type myint int`
@@ -1131,6 +1135,7 @@ fn (p mut Parser) statements_no_rcbr() string {
 		// println('last st typ=$last_st_typ')
 		if !p.inside_if_expr {
 			//p.genln('')// // end st tok= ${p.strtok()}')
+			//p.fgenln('// ST')
 			p.fgen_nl()
 		}
 		i++
diff --git a/vlib/compiler/scanner.v b/vlib/compiler/scanner.v
index 460ee3cd29..c7c6f4d96e 100644
--- a/vlib/compiler/scanner.v
+++ b/vlib/compiler/scanner.v
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module compiler
 
 import (
 	os
-	strings
+	//strings
 )
 
 const (
@@ -29,10 +29,13 @@ mut:
 	debug          bool
 	line_comment   string
 	started        bool
-	// vfmt fields
-	fmt_out        strings.Builder
+	// vfmt fields TODO move to a separate struct
+	//fmt_out        strings.Builder
+	fmt_lines      []string
+	//fmt_line   string
 	fmt_indent     int
 	fmt_line_empty bool
+	//fmt_needs_nl bool
 	prev_tok TokenKind
 	fn_name string // needed for @FN
 	should_print_line_on_error bool
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@ fn new_scanner_file(file_path string) &Scanner {
 fn new_scanner(text string) &Scanner {
 	return &Scanner {
 		text: text
-		fmt_out: strings.new_builder(1000)
+		//fmt_out: strings.new_builder(1000)
 		should_print_line_on_error: true
 		should_print_errors_in_color: true
 		should_print_relative_paths_on_error: true
diff --git a/vlib/compiler/struct.v b/vlib/compiler/struct.v
index dd8264b86b..9ea2725858 100644
--- a/vlib/compiler/struct.v
+++ b/vlib/compiler/struct.v
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 
 module compiler
 
+import (
+	strings
+)
+
 // also unions and interfaces
 fn (p mut Parser) struct_decl() {
 	is_pub := p.tok == .key_pub
@@ -113,16 +117,7 @@ fn (p mut Parser) struct_decl() {
 	//mut is_pub_field := false
 	//mut is_mut := false
 	mut names := []string// to avoid dup names TODO alloc perf
-	mut fmt_max_len := 0
-	// TODO why is typ.fields == 0?
-	if p.scanner.is_fmt && p.pass == .main {
-		for field in typ.fields  {
-			println(field.name)
-			if field.name.len > fmt_max_len {
-				fmt_max_len = field.name.len
-			}
-		}
-	}
+	mut fmt_max_len := p.table.max_field_len[name]
 	//println('fmt max len = $max_len nrfields=$typ.fields.len pass=$p.pass')
 	if !is_ph && p.first_pass() {
 		p.table.register_type(typ)
@@ -135,8 +130,10 @@ fn (p mut Parser) struct_decl() {
 		i++
 		mut new_access_mod := access_mod
 		if p.tok == .key_pub {
+			p.fmt_dec()
 			p.check(.key_pub)
 			if p.tok == .key_mut {
+				p.fspace()
 				new_access_mod = .public_mut
 				p.next() // skip `mut`
 			} else {
@@ -145,7 +142,6 @@ fn (p mut Parser) struct_decl() {
 			if new_access_mod in used {
 				p.error('structs can only have one `pub:`/`pub mut:`, all public fields have to be grouped')
 			}
-			p.fmt_dec()
 			p.check(.colon)
 			p.fmt_inc()
 			p.fgen_nl()
@@ -183,15 +179,16 @@ fn (p mut Parser) struct_decl() {
 		// Check if reserved name
 		field_name_token_idx := p.cur_tok_index()
 		field_name := if name != 'Option' && !is_interface { p.table.var_cgen_name(p.check_name()) } else { p.check_name() }
-		/*
-		if !p.first_pass() {
+		if p.pass == .main {
 			p.fgen(strings.repeat(` `, fmt_max_len - field_name.len))
 		}
-		*/
 		// Check dups
 		if field_name in names {
 			p.error('duplicate field `$field_name`')
 		}
+		if p.scanner.is_fmt && p.pass == .decl && field_name.len > fmt_max_len {
+			fmt_max_len = field_name.len
+		}
 		if !is_c && p.mod != 'os' && contains_capital(field_name) {
 			p.error('struct fields cannot contain uppercase letters, use snake_case instead')
 		}
@@ -265,11 +262,17 @@ fn (p mut Parser) struct_decl() {
 		}
 		p.fgen_nl() // newline between struct fields
 	}
+	if p.scanner.is_fmt && p.pass == .decl {
+		p.table.max_field_len[typ.name] = fmt_max_len
+	}
+	//p.fgen_require_nl()
 	p.check(.rcbr)
 	if !is_c && !did_gen_something && p.first_pass() {
 		p.table.add_field(typ.name, '', 'EMPTY_STRUCT_DECLARATION', false, '', .private)
 	}
-	p.fgenln('\n')
+	p.fgen_nl()
+	p.fgen_nl()
+	//p.fgenln('//kek')
 }
 
 // `User{ foo: bar }`
diff --git a/vlib/compiler/table.v b/vlib/compiler/table.v
index bf57554cf1..9013e259b7 100644
--- a/vlib/compiler/table.v
+++ b/vlib/compiler/table.v
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ pub mut:
 	varg_access  []VargAccess
 	//enum_vals map[string][]string
 	//names        []Name
+	max_field_len map[string]int // for vfmt: max_field_len['Parser'] == 12
 }
 
 struct VargAccess {
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ pub mut:
 	is_placeholder bool
 	gen_str	       bool  // needs `.str()` method generation
 	is_flag        bool  // enum bitfield flag
+	//max_field_len  int
 }
 
 struct TypeNode {
diff --git a/vlib/compiler/vfmt.v b/vlib/compiler/vfmt.v
index bed40074ef..31c96e216d 100644
--- a/vlib/compiler/vfmt.v
+++ b/vlib/compiler/vfmt.v
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ import os
 fn (scanner mut Scanner) fgen(s_ string) {
 	mut s := s_
 	if scanner.fmt_line_empty {
-		s = strings.repeat(`\t`, scanner.fmt_indent) + s
+		s = strings.repeat(`\t`, scanner.fmt_indent) + s.trim_left(' ')
 	}
 
+	scanner.fmt_lines << s
 	//scanner.fmt_out << s
-	scanner.fmt_out.write(s)
+	//scanner.fmt_out.write(s)
 	scanner.fmt_line_empty = false
 }
 
@@ -25,19 +26,13 @@ fn (scanner mut Scanner) fgenln(s_ string) {
 	if scanner.fmt_line_empty && scanner.fmt_indent > 0 {
 		s = strings.repeat(`\t`, scanner.fmt_indent) + s
 	}
-	//scanner.fmt_out << s
-	//scanner.fmt_out << '\n'
-	scanner.fmt_out.writeln(s)
+	scanner.fmt_lines << s
+	//scanner.fmt_lines << '//!'
+	scanner.fmt_lines << '\n'
+	//scanner.fmt_out.writeln(s)
 	scanner.fmt_line_empty = true
 }
 
-[if vfmt]
-fn (scanner mut Scanner) fgen_nl() {
-	scanner.fmt_out.writeln('')
-	scanner.fmt_line_empty = true
-}
-
-
 [if vfmt]
 fn (p mut Parser) fgen(s string) {
 	if p.pass != .main {
@@ -68,13 +63,41 @@ fn (p mut Parser) fgen_nl() {
 	if p.pass != .main {
 		return
 	}
-	println(p.tok)
-	if p.prev_tok == .line_comment {
+
+	//println(p.tok)
+	// Don't insert a newline after a comment
+	/*
+	if p.token_idx>0 && p.tokens[p.token_idx-1].tok == .line_comment &&
+	p.tokens[p.token_idx].tok != .line_comment {
+		p.scanner.fgenln('notin')
 		return
 	}
+	*/
+
+	///if p.token_idx > 0 && p.token_idx < p.tokens.len  &&
+	// Previous token is a comment, and NL has already been generated?
+	// Don't generate a second NL.
+	if p.scanner.fmt_lines.len > 0 && p.scanner.fmt_lines.last() == '\n' &&
+		p.tokens[p.token_idx-2].tok == .line_comment
+	{
+		//if p.fileis('parser.v') {
+		//println(p.scanner.line_nr.str() + ' '  +p.tokens[p.token_idx-2].str())
+		//}
+		return
+	}
+
 	p.scanner.fgen_nl()
 }
 
+[if vfmt]
+fn (scanner mut Scanner) fgen_nl() {
+	//scanner.fmt_lines << ' fgen_nl'
+	//scanner.fmt_lines << '//fgen_nl\n'
+	scanner.fmt_lines << '\n'
+	//scanner.fmt_out.writeln('')
+	scanner.fmt_line_empty = true
+}
+
 /*
 fn (p mut Parser) peek() TokenKind {
 	for {
@@ -146,16 +169,22 @@ fn (p mut Parser) fnext() {
 			if tok != .line_comment && tok != .mline_comment {
 				break
 			}
-			comment_token := p.tokens[p.token_idx]
-			next := p.tokens[p.token_idx+1]
-			comment_on_new_line := p.token_idx == 0 ||
-				comment_token.line_nr > p.tokens[p.token_idx - 1].line_nr
+			comment_token := p.tokens[i]
+			next := p.tokens[i+1]
+			comment_on_new_line := i == 0 ||
+				comment_token.line_nr > p.tokens[i-1].line_nr
 			//prev_token := p.tokens[p.token_idx - 1]
 			comment := comment_token.lit
+			// Newline before the comment, but not between two // comments,
+			// and not right after `{`, there's already a newline there
 			if i > 0 && p.tokens[i-1].tok != .line_comment &&
+				p.tokens[i-1].tok != .lcbr &&
 				comment_token.line_nr > p.tokens[i-1].line_nr {
 				p.fgen_nl()
 			}
+			if i > 0 && p.tokens[i-1].tok == .rcbr && p.scanner.fmt_indent == 0 {
+				p.fgen_nl()
+			}
 			if tok == .line_comment {
 				if !comment_on_new_line { //prev_token.line_nr < comment_token.line_nr {
 					p.fgen(' ')
@@ -170,9 +199,12 @@ fn (p mut Parser) fnext() {
 */
 
 			}	else {
+				// /**/ comment
 				p.fgen(comment)
 			}
-			if next.tok == .line_comment &&	comment_token.line_nr < next.line_nr	{
+			//if next.tok == .line_comment &&	comment_token.line_nr <	next.line_nr	{
+			if comment_token.line_nr <	next.line_nr	{
+				//p.fgenln('nextcm')
 				p.fgen_nl()
 			}
 			p.token_idx++
@@ -186,7 +218,7 @@ fn (p mut Parser) fnext() {
 
 
 [if vfmt]
-fn (p mut Parser) gen_fmt() {
+fn (p &Parser) gen_fmt() {
 	if p.pass != .main {
 		return
 	}
@@ -194,12 +226,13 @@ fn (p mut Parser) gen_fmt() {
 		return
 	}
 	//s := p.scanner.fmt_out.str().replace('\n\n\n', '\n').trim_space()
-	s := p.scanner.fmt_out.str().trim_space()
-	//s := p.scanner.fmt_out.join('').trim_space()
+	//s := p.scanner.fmt_out.str().trim_space()
+	s := p.scanner.fmt_lines.join('').trim_space()
 	if s == '' {
 		return
 	}
-	println('generating ${p.file_name}.v')
+	//if !p.file_name.contains('parser.v') {return}
+	println('generating ${p.file_name}')
 	mut out := os.create('/var/tmp/fmt/' + p.file_name) or {
 		verror('failed to create fmt.v')
 		return