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34 .\" @(#)indent.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 7/1/93
41 .Nd indent and format C program source
44 .Op Ar input-file Op Ar output-file
85 program formatter. It reformats the
89 according to the switches. The switches which can be
90 specified are described below. They may appear before or after the file
94 If you only specify an
97 done `in-place', that is, the formatted file is written back into
101 is written in the current directory. If
104 .Sq Pa /blah/blah/file ,
105 the backup file is named
112 checks to make sure it is different from
115 The options listed below control the formatting style imposed by
121 is specified, a blank line is forced after every block of
122 declarations. Default:
127 is specified, a blank line is forced after every procedure body. Default:
132 is specified, a blank line is forced before every block comment. Default:
137 is specified, then a newline is forced after each comma in a declaration.
139 turns off this option. The default is
144 lines up compound statements like this:
146 .Bd -literal -offset indent
155 (the default) makes them look like this:
157 .Bd -literal -offset indent
164 The column in which comments on code start. The default is 33.
166 The column in which comments on declarations start. The default
167 is for these comments to start in the same column as those on code.
169 Enables (disables) the placement of comment delimiters on blank lines. With
170 this option enabled, comments look like this:
171 .Bd -literal -offset indent
178 Rather than like this:
179 .Bd -literal -offset indent
180 /* this is a comment */
183 This only affects block comments, not comments to the right of
187 Enables (disables) forcing `else's to cuddle up to the immediately preceding
191 Sets the continuation indent to be
194 lines will be indented that far from the beginning of the first line of the
195 statement. Parenthesized expressions have extra indentation added to
196 indicate the nesting, unless
200 defaults to the same value as
203 Causes case labels to be indented
205 tab stops to the right of the containing
209 causes case labels to be indented half a tab stop. The
213 Controls the placement of comments which are not to the
214 right of code. The default
216 means that such comments are placed one indentation level to the
217 left of code. Specifying
219 lines up these comments with the code. See the section on comment
222 Specifies the indentation, in character positions, from a declaration keyword
223 to the following identifier. The default is
227 left justifies declarations.
229 indents declarations the same as code. The default is
232 Enables (disables) special
234 processing. If it's enabled, an
238 will have the same indentation as the preceding
242 Enables (disables) the formatting of comments that start in column 1.
243 Often, comments whose leading `/' is in column 1 have been carefully
244 hand formatted by the programmer. In such cases,
250 The number of spaces for one indentation level. The default is 4.
252 Enables (disables) the indentation of parameter declarations from the left
253 margin. The default is
256 Maximum length of an output line. The default is 75.
258 Lines up code surrounded by parenthesis in continuation lines. If a line
259 has a left paren which is not closed on that line, then continuation lines
260 will be lined up to start at the character position just after the left
261 paren. For example, here is how a piece of continued code looks with
265 .Bd -literal -offset indent
266 p1 = first_procedure(second_procedure(p2, p3),
267 \ \ third_procedure(p4,p5));
273 in effect (the default) the code looks somewhat clearer:
274 .Bd -literal -offset indent
275 p1\ =\ first_procedure(second_procedure(p2,\ p3),
276 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ third_procedure(p4,p5));
280 Inserting two more newlines we get:
281 .Bd -literal -offset indent
282 p1\ =\ first_procedure(second_procedure(p2,
283 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ p3),
284 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ third_procedure(p4
285 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ p5));
288 Causes the profile files,
291 .Sq Pa ~/.indent.pro ,
296 all procedure calls will have a space inserted between
297 the name and the `('. The default is
302 the names of procedures being defined are placed in
303 column 1 \- their types, if any, will be left on the previous lines. The
307 Enables (disables) the placement of asterisks (`*'s) at the left edge of all
312 is specified, indent will swallow optional blank lines. You can use this to
313 get rid of blank lines after declarations. Default:
318 to take its input from stdin, and put its output to stdout.
319 .It Fl T Ns Ar typename
322 to the list of type keywords. Names accumulate:
324 can be specified more than once. You need to specify all the typenames that
325 appear in your program that are defined by
328 harmed if you miss a few, but the program won't be formatted as nicely as
329 it should. This sounds like a painful thing to have to do, but it's really
330 a symptom of a problem in C:
332 causes a syntactic change in the
341 to format the program for processing by
343 It will produce a fancy
344 listing in much the same spirit as
346 If the output file is not specified, the default is standard output,
347 rather than formatting in place.
350 turns on `verbose' mode;
352 turns it off. When in verbose mode,
354 reports when it splits one line of input into two or more lines of output,
355 and gives some size statistics at completion. The default is
359 You may set up your own `profile' of defaults to
361 by creating a file called
363 in your login directory and/or the current directory and including
364 whatever switches you like. A `.indent.pro' in the current directory takes
365 precedence over the one in your login directory. If
367 is run and a profile file exists, then it is read to set up the program's
368 defaults. Switches on the command line, though, always override profile
369 switches. The switches should be separated by spaces, tabs or newlines.
375 assumes that any comment with a dash or star immediately after the start of
376 comment (that is, `/*\-' or `/**') is a comment surrounded by a box of stars.
377 Each line of such a comment is left unchanged, except that its indentation
378 may be adjusted to account for the change in indentation of the first line
382 All other comments are treated as straight text.
384 fits as many words (separated by blanks, tabs, or newlines) on a
385 line as possible. Blank lines break paragraphs.
387 .Ss Comment indentation
388 If a comment is on a line with code it is started in the `comment column',
391 command line parameter. Otherwise, the comment is started at
393 indentation levels less than where code is currently being placed, where
397 command line parameter. If the code on a line extends past the comment
398 column, the comment starts further to the right, and the right margin may be
399 automatically extended in extreme cases.
401 .Ss Preprocessor lines
404 leaves preprocessor lines alone. The only
405 reformatting that it will do is to straighten up trailing comments. It
406 leaves embedded comments alone. Conditional compilation
407 .Pq Ic #ifdef...#endif
410 attempts to correctly
411 compensate for the syntactic peculiarities introduced.
415 understands a substantial amount about the syntax of C, but it
416 has a `forgiving' parser. It attempts to cope with the usual sorts of
417 incomplete and misformed syntax. In particular, the use of macros like:
419 .Dl #define forever for(;;)
426 environment variable.
428 .Bl -tag -width "./.indent.pro" -compact
441 has even more switches than
445 A common mistake that often causes grief is typing:
449 to the shell in an attempt to indent all the
451 programs in a directory.
452 This is probably a bug, not a feature.