\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*- @c %**start of header @setfilename indent.info @settitle @command{indent}: Indent and Format C Program Source @finalout @include version.texi @c %**end of header @c smallbook @c Note: some of the long options are too long for the index in @c smallbook format. This will need some thought. --rjc @dircategory Indent Code Formatter @direntry * Indent: (indent). C code formatter. @end direntry @synindex cp ky @setchapternewpage odd @c !BEGIN INTRO @ifinfo This is Edition @value{EDITION} of @cite{The @command{indent} Manual}, for Indent Version @value{VERSION}, last updated @value{UPDATED}. @c !END INTRO @c @vskip 0pt plus 1filll @c !BEGIN COPYING Copyright (C) 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Copyright (C) 1995, 1996 Joseph Arceneaux. Copyright (C) 1999 Carlo Wood. Copyright (C) 2001 David Ingamells. 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Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved on all copies. Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission notice identical to this one. Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions, except that this permission notice may be stated in a translation approved by the Foundation. @end titlepage @page @c put the following line in the file dir in the info directory @c under wherever you have installed emacs (assuming that @c the info file made from this file is in the file "indent") @c * indent:(indent). How to change the appearance of a C program. @ifinfo @node Top, Indent Program, (dir), (dir) @top @command{indent}: Indent and Format C Program Source The @command{indent} program @c !BEGIN NAME changes the appearance of a C program by inserting or deleting whitespace. @c !END NAME This is Edition @value{EDITION}, @value{UPDATED}, of @cite{The @command{indent} Manual}, for Indent Version @value{VERSION}. @menu * Indent Program:: The @command{indent} Program * Option Summary:: Option Summary * Index:: Index @end menu @end ifinfo @node Indent Program, Option Summary, Top, Top @chapter The @command{indent} Program @c !BEGIN DESCRIPTION @iftex The @command{indent} program changes the appearance of a C program by inserting or deleting whitespace. @end iftex @ifinfo The @command{indent} program @end ifinfo @iftex It @end iftex can be used to make code easier to read. It can also convert from one style of writing C to another. @command{indent} understands a substantial amount about the syntax of C, but it also attempts to cope with incomplete and misformed syntax. In version 1.2 and more recent versions, the GNU style of indenting is the default. @c !END DESCRIPTION @menu * Invoking indent:: Invoking @command{indent} * Backup files:: Backup Files * Common styles:: Common styles * Blank lines:: Blank lines * Comments:: Comments * Statements:: Statements * Declarations:: Declarations * Indentation:: Indentation * Breaking long lines:: Breaking long lines * Disabling Formatting:: Disabling Formatting * Miscellaneous options:: Miscellaneous options * Bugs:: Bugs * Copyright:: Copyright @end menu @c !BEGIN THEREST @node Invoking indent, Backup files, , Indent Program @section Invoking @command{indent} @cindex Invoking @command{indent} @cindex Starting @command{indent} @cindex Beginning @command{indent} As of version 1.3, the format of the @command{indent} command is: @example @group indent [@var{options}] [@var{input-files}] indent [@var{options}] [@var{single-input-file}] [-o @var{output-file}] @end group @end example This format is different from earlier versions and other versions of @command{indent}. In the first form, one or more input files are specified. @command{indent} makes a backup copy of each file, and the original file is replaced with its indented version. @xref{Backup files}, for an explanation of how backups are made. @cindex Output File Specification @kindex -o @kindex --output-file In the second form, only one input file is specified. In this case, or when the standard input is used, you may specify an output file after the @option{-o} option. @cindex Standard Output @kindex -st @kindex --standard-output To cause @command{indent} to write to standard output, use the @option{-st} option. This is only allowed when there is only one input file, or when the standard input is used. @cindex Using Standard Input If no input files are named, the standard input is read for input. Also, if a filename named @option{-} is specified, then the standard input is read. As an example, each of the following commands will input the program @file{slithy_toves.c} and write its indented text to @file{slithy_toves.out}: @example @group indent slithy_toves.c -o slithy_toves.out indent -st slithy_toves.c > slithy_toves.out cat slithy_toves.c | indent -o slithy_toves.out @end group @end example @cindex Long options, use of Most other options to @command{indent} control how programs are formatted. As of version 1.2, @command{indent} also recognizes a long name for each option name. Long options are prefixed by either @option{--} or @option{+}. @footnote{ @option{+} is being superseded by @option{--} to maintain consistency with the POSIX standard.} In most of this document, the traditional, short names are used for the sake of brevity. @xref{Option Summary}, for a list of options, including both long and short names. Here is another example: @example indent -br test/metabolism.c -l85 @end example This will indent the program @file{test/metabolism.c} using the @option{-br} and @option{-l85} options, write the output back to @file{test/metabolism.c}, and write the original contents of @file{test/metabolism.c} to a backup file in the directory @file{test}. Equivalent invocations using long option names for this example would be: @example @group indent --braces-on-if-line --line-length185 test/metabolism.c indent +braces-on-if-line +line-length185 test/metabolism.c @end group @end example @cindex @file{.indent.pro} file @cindex Initialization file @kindex -npro @kindex --ignore-profile If you find that you often use @command{indent} with the same options, you may put those options into a file named @file{.indent.pro}. @command{indent} will look for a profile file in three places. First it will check the environment variable @env{INDENT_PROFILE}. If that exists its value is expected to name the file that is to be used. If the environment variable does not exist, indent looks for @file{.indent.pro} in the current directory and use that if found. Finally @command{indent} will search your home directory for @file{.indent.pro} and use that file if it is found. This behaviour is different from that of other versions of @command{indent}, which load both files if they both exist. The format of @file{.indent.pro} is simply a list of options, just as they would appear on the command line, separated by white space (tabs, spaces, and newlines). Options in @file{.indent.pro} may be surrounded by C or C++ comments, in which case they are ignored. Note that on MS-DOS and MS-Windows, the profile file is called @file{indent.pro}, without a leading dot, because these systems don't allow more than one dot in a filename. Also, since users do not generally have special home directories on these systems, you will need to set the @code{HOME} environment variable to point to a directory where your default @file{indent.pro} file is stored, if you want @code{indent} to find it in a directory other than the current. Command line switches are handled @emph{after} processing @file{.indent.pro}. Options specified later override arguments specified earlier, with one exception: Explicitly specified options always override background options (@pxref{Common styles}). You can prevent @command{indent} from reading an @file{.indent.pro} file by specifying the @option{-npro} option.@refill @node Backup files, Common styles, Invoking indent, Indent Program @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Backup Files @cindex backup files As of version 1.3, GNU @command{indent} makes GNU-style backup files, the same way GNU Emacs does. This means that either @dfn{simple} or @dfn{numbered} backup filenames may be made. Simple backup file names are generated by appending a suffix to the original file name. The default for this suffix is the one-character string @file{~} (tilde). Thus, the backup file for @file{python.c} would be @file{python.c~}. Instead of the default, you may specify any string as a suffix by setting the environment variable @env{SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX} to your preferred suffix. Numbered backup versions of a file @file{momeraths.c} look like @file{momeraths.c.~23~}, where 23 is the version of this particular backup. When making a numbered backup of the file @file{src/momeraths.c}, the backup file will be named @file{src/momeraths.c.~@var{V}~}, where @var{V} is one greater than the highest version currently existing in the directory @file{src}. The environment variable @env{VERSION_WIDTH} controls the number of digits, using left zero padding when necessary. For instance, setting this variable to "2" will lead to the backup file being named @file{momeraths.c.~04~}. The type of backup file made is controlled by the value of the environment variable @env{VERSION_CONTROL}. If it is the string @samp{simple}, then only simple backups will be made. If its value is the string @samp{numbered}, then numbered backups will be made. If its value is @samp{numbered-existing}, then numbered backups will be made if there @emph{already exist} numbered backups for the file being indented; otherwise, a simple backup is made. If @env{VERSION_CONTROL} is not set, then @command{indent} assumes the behaviour of @samp{numbered-existing}. The MS-DOS/MS-Windows version of @code{indent} supports numbered backups only on Windows 9x, where filenames are allowed to have more than a single dot. On other MS platforms, setting @code{VERSION_CONTROL} to @samp{numbered} has no effect, and @code{indent} will always produce either a simple-style backup file or no backups at all (if you set @code{VERSION_CONTROL} to @samp{never}). Other versions of @command{indent} use the suffix @file{.BAK} in naming backup files. This behaviour can be emulated by setting @env{SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX} to @samp{.BAK}. Note also that other versions of @command{indent} make backups in the current directory, rather than in the directory of the source file as GNU @command{indent} now does. @node Common styles, Blank lines, Backup files, Indent Program @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Common styles There are several common styles of C code, including the GNU style, the Kernighan & Ritchie style, and the original Berkeley style. A style may be selected with a single @dfn{background} option, which specifies a set of values for all other options. However, explicitly specified options always override options implied by a background option. @cindex GNU style @kindex -gnu @kindex --gnu-style As of version 1.2, the default style of GNU @command{indent} is the GNU style. Thus, it is no longer necessary to specify the option @option{-gnu} to obtain this format, although doing so will not cause an error. Option settings which correspond to the GNU style are: @example @group -nbad -bap -nbc -bbo -bl -bli2 -bls -ncdb -nce -cp1 -cs -di2 -ndj -nfc1 -nfca -hnl -i2 -ip5 -lp -pcs -nprs -psl -saf -sai -saw -nsc -nsob @end group @end example The GNU coding style is that preferred by the GNU project. It is the style that the GNU Emacs C mode encourages and which is used in the C portions of GNU Emacs. (People interested in writing programs for Project GNU should get a copy of @cite{The GNU Coding Standards}, which also covers semantic and portability issues such as memory usage, the size of integers, etc.) @cindex Kernighan & Ritchie style @kindex -kr @kindex --k-and-r-style @comment --kernighan-and-ritchie-style works, too, as does @comment --kernighan-and-ritchie. Which is most intuitive? The Kernighan & Ritchie style is used throughout their well-known book @cite{The C Programming Language}. It is enabled with the @option{-kr} option. The Kernighan & Ritchie style corresponds to the following set of options: @example @group -nbad -bap -bbo -nbc -br -brs -c33 -cd33 -ncdb -ce -ci4 -cli0 -cp33 -cs -d0 -di1 -nfc1 -nfca -hnl -i4 -ip0 -l75 -lp -npcs -nprs -npsl -saf -sai -saw -nsc -nsob -nss @end group @end example @noindent Kernighan & Ritchie style does not put comments to the right of code in the same column at all times (nor does it use only one space to the right of the code), so for this style @command{indent} has arbitrarily chosen column 33. @cindex Berkeley style @cindex Original Berkeley style @kindex -orig @kindex --original The style of the original Berkeley @command{indent} may be obtained by specifying @option{-orig} (or by specifying @option{--original}, using the long option name). This style is equivalent to the following settings: @example @group -nbad -nbap -bbo -bc -br -brs -c33 -cd33 -cdb -ce -ci4 -cli0 -cp33 -di16 -fc1 -fca -hnl -i4 -ip4 -l75 -lp -npcs -nprs -psl -saf -sai -saw -sc -nsob -nss -ts8 @end group @end example @cindex Linux style @kindex -linux @kindex --linux-style The Linux style is used in the linux kernel code and drivers. Code generally has to follow the Linux coding style to be accepted. This style is equivalent to the following settings: @example @group -nbad -bap -nbc -bbo -hnl -br -brs -c33 -cd33 -ncdb -ce -ci4 -cli0 -d0 -di1 -nfc1 -i8 -ip0 -l80 -lp -npcs -nprs -npsl -sai -saf -saw -ncs -nsc -sob -nfca -cp33 -ss -ts8 -il1 @end group @end example @node Blank lines, Comments, Common styles, Indent Program @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Blank lines @cindex Blank lines Various programming styles use blank lines in different places. @command{indent} has a number of options to insert or delete blank lines in specific places. The @option{-bad} option causes @command{indent} to force a blank line after every block of declarations. The @option{-nbad} option causes @command{indent} not to force such blank lines. The @option{-bap} option forces a blank line after every procedure body. The @option{-nbap} option forces no such blank line. @kindex -bbb @kindex --blank-lines-before-block-comments @kindex -nbbb @kindex --no-blank-lines-before-block-comments The @option{-bbb} option forces a blank line before every boxed comment (@xref{Comments}.) The @option{-nbbb} option does not force such blank lines. @kindex -sob @kindex --swallow-optional-blank-lines @kindex -nsob @kindex --leave-optional-blank-lines The @option{-sob} option causes @command{indent} to swallow optional blank lines (that is, any optional blank lines present in the input will be removed from the output). If the @option{-nsob} is specified, any blank lines present in the input file will be copied to the output file. @ifinfo @menu * -bad:: More on the @option{-bad} option. * -bap:: More on the @option{-bap} option. @end menu @end ifinfo @node -bad, -bap, , Blank lines @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection --blank-lines-after-declarations The @option{-bad} option forces a blank line after every block of declarations. The @option{-nbad} option does not add any such blank lines. For example, given the input @example @group char *foo; char *bar; /* This separates blocks of declarations. */ int baz; @end group @end example @kindex -bad @kindex --blank-lines-after-declarations @kindex -nbad @kindex --no-blank-lines-after-declarations @noindent @code{indent -bad} produces @example @group char *foo; char *bar; /* This separates blocks of declarations. */ int baz; @end group @end example @noindent and @code{indent -nbad} produces @example @group char *foo; char *bar; /* This separates blocks of declarations. */ int baz; @end group @end example @node -bap, , -bad, Blank lines @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection --blank-lines-after-procedures @kindex -bap @kindex --blank-lines-after-procedures @kindex -nbap @kindex --no-blank-lines-after-procedures The @option{-bap} option forces a blank line after every procedure body. For example, given the input @example @group int foo () @{ puts("Hi"); @} /* The procedure bar is even less interesting. */ char * bar () @{ puts("Hello"); @} @end group @end example @noindent @code{indent -bap} produces @example @group int foo () @{ puts ("Hi"); @} /* The procedure bar is even less interesting. */ char * bar () @{ puts ("Hello"); @} @end group @end example @noindent @c A better `group' would be better than `need'. @need 1250 and @code{indent -nbap} produces @example @group int foo () @{ puts ("Hi"); @} /* The procedure bar is even less interesting. */ char * bar () @{ puts ("Hello"); @} @end group @end example @noindent No blank line will be added after the procedure @code{foo}. @node Comments, Statements, Blank lines, Indent Program @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Comments @cindex Comments @command{indent} formats both C and C++ comments. C comments are begun with @samp{/*}, terminated with @samp{*/} and may contain newline characters. C++ comments begin with the delimiter @samp{//} and end at the newline. @command{indent} handles comments differently depending upon their context. @command{indent} attempts to distinguish between comments which follow statements, comments which follow declarations, comments following preprocessor directives, and comments which are not preceded by code of any sort, i.e., they begin the text of the line (although not necessarily in column 1). @command{indent} further distinguishes between comments found outside of procedures and aggregates, and those found within them. In particular, comments beginning a line found within a procedure will be indented to the column at which code is currently indented. The exception to this is a comment beginning in the leftmost column; such a comment is output at that column. @command{indent} attempts to leave @dfn{boxed comments} unmodified. The general idea of such a comment is that it is enclosed in a rectangle or ``box'' of stars or dashes to visually set it apart. More precisely, boxed comments are defined as those in which the initial @samp{/*} is followed immediately by the character @samp{*}, @samp{=}, @samp{_}, or @samp{-}, or those in which the beginning comment delimiter (@samp{/*}) is on a line by itself, and the following line begins with a @samp{*} in the same column as the star of the opening delimiter. Examples of boxed comments are: @example @group /********************** * Comment in a box!! * **********************/ /* * A different kind of scent, * for a different kind of comment. */ @end group @end example @command{indent} attempts to leave boxed comments exactly as they are found in the source file. Thus the indentation of the comment is unchanged, and its length is not checked in any way. The only alteration made is that an embedded tab character may be converted into the appropriate number of spaces. If the @option{-bbb} option is specified, all such boxed comments will be preceded by a blank line, unless such a comment is preceded by code. @kindex -fca @kindex --format-all-comments @kindex -nfca @kindex --dont-format-comments @kindex -fc1 @kindex --format-first-column-comments @kindex -nfc1 @kindex --dont-format-first-column-comments Comments which are not boxed comments may be formatted, which means that the line is broken to fit within a right margin and left-filled with whitespace. Single newlines are equivalent to a space, but blank lines (two or more newlines in a row) are taken to mean a paragraph break. Formatting of comments which begin after the first column is enabled with the @option{-fca} option. To format those beginning in column one, specify @option{-fc1}. Such formatting is disabled by default. The right margin for formatting defaults to 78, but may be changed with the @option{-lc} option. If the margin specified does not allow the comment to be printed, the margin will be automatically extended for the duration of that comment. The margin is not respected if the comment is not being formatted. @kindex -d@var{n} @kindex --line-comments-indentation@var{n} If the comment begins a line (i.e., there is no program text to its left), it will be indented to the column it was found in unless the comment is within a block of code. In that case, such a comment will be aligned with the indented code of that block (unless the comment began in the first column). This alignment may be affected by the @option{-d} option, which specifies an amount by which such comments are moved to the @emph{left}, or unindented. For example, @option{-d2} places comments two spaces to the left of code. By default, comments are aligned with code, unless they begin in the first column, in which case they are left there by default --- to get them aligned with the code, specify @option{-fc1}. @kindex -c@var{n} @kindex --comment-indentation@var{n} @kindex -cd@var{n} @kindex --declaration-comment-column@var{n} @kindex -cp@var{n} @kindex --else-endif-column@var{n} @kindex --left-justify-declarations @kindex --dont-left-justify-declarations @kindex -dj @kindex -ndj Comments to the right of code will appear by default in column 33. This may be changed with one of three options. @option{-c} will specify the column for comments following code, @option{-cd} specifies the column for comments following declarations, and @option{-cp} specifies the column for comments following preprocessor directives @code{#else} and @code{#endif}. @option{-dj} together with @option{-cd0} can be used to suppress alignment of comments to the right of declarations, causing the comment to follow one tabstop from the end of the declaration. Normally @option{-cd0} causes @option{-c} to become effective. If the code to the left of the comment exceeds the beginning column, the comment column will be extended to the next tabstop column past the end of the code, or in the case of preprocessor directives, to one space past the end of the directive. This extension lasts only for the output of that particular comment. @kindex -cdb @kindex --comment-delimiters-on-blank-lines @kindex -ncdb @kindex --no-comment-delimiters-on-blank-lines The @option{-cdb} option places the comment delimiters on blank lines. Thus, a single line comment like @code{/* Loving hug */} can be transformed into: @example @group /* Loving hug */ @end group @end example @kindex -sc @kindex --star-left-side-of-comments @kindex -nsc @kindex --dont-star-comments Stars can be placed at the beginning of multi-line comments with the @option{-sc} option. Thus, the single-line comment above can be transformed (with @option{-cdb -sc}) into: @example @group /* * Loving hug */ @end group @end example @node Statements, Declarations, Comments, Indent Program @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Statements @kindex -br @kindex --braces-on-if-line @kindex -bl @kindex --braces-after-if-line The @option{-br} or @option{-bl} option specifies how to format braces. @c another paragraph that needs to be attached to its example. @need 650 The @option{-br} option formats statement braces like this: @example @group if (x > 0) @{ x--; @} @end group @end example @noindent The @option{-bl} option formats them like this: @example @group if (x > 0) @{ x--; @} @end group @end example @kindex -bli@var{n} @kindex --brace-indent@var{n} If you use the @option{-bl} option, you may also want to specify the @option{-bli} option. This option specifies the number of spaces by which braces are indented. @option{-bli2}, the default, gives the result shown above. @option{-bli0} results in the following: @example @group if (x > 0) @{ x--; @} @end group @end example @kindex -ce @kindex --cuddle-else @kindex -dce @kindex --dont-cuddle-else If you are using the @option{-br} option, you probably want to also use the @option{-ce} option. This causes the @code{else} in an if-then-else construct to cuddle up to the immediately preceding @samp{@}}. For example, with @option{-br -ce} you get the following: @example @group if (x > 0) @{ x--; @} else @{ fprintf (stderr, "...something wrong?\n"); @} @end group @end example @noindent With @option{-br -nce} that code would appear as @example @group if (x > 0) @{ x--; @} else @{ fprintf (stderr, "...something wrong?\n"); @} @end group @end example @kindex -cdw @kindex --cuddle-do-while @kindex -ncdw @kindex --dont-cuddle-do-while This causes the @code{while} in a do-while loop to cuddle up to the immediately preceding @samp{@}}. For example, with @option{-cdw} you get the following: @example @group do @{ x--; @} while (x); @end group @end example @noindent With @option{-ncdw} that code would appear as @example @group do @{ x--; @} while (x); @end group @end example @kindex -cli@var{n} @kindex --case-indentation@var{n} The @option{-cli} option specifies the number of spaces that case labels should be indented to the right of the containing @code{switch} statement. @noindent The default gives code like: @example @group switch (i) @{ case 0: break; case 1: @{ ++i; @} default: break; @} @end group @end example @need 1550 Using the @option{-cli2} that would become: @example @group switch (i) @{ case 0: break; case 1: @{ ++i; @} default: break; @} @end group @end example @kindex -cbi@var{n} @kindex --case-brace-indentation@var{n} The indentation of the braces below a case statement can be controlled with the @option{-cbi@var{n}} option. For example, using @option{-cli2 -cbi0} results in: @example @group switch (i) @{ case 0: break; case 1: @{ ++i; @} default: break; @} @end group @end example @kindex -ss @kindex --space-special-semicolon @kindex -nss @kindex --dont-space-special-semicolon If a semicolon is on the same line as a @code{for} or @code{while} statement, the @option{-ss} option will cause a space to be placed before the semicolon. This emphasizes the semicolon, making it clear that the body of the @code{for} or @code{while} statement is an empty statement. @option{-nss} disables this feature. @kindex -pcs @kindex --space-after-procedure-calls @kindex -npcs @kindex --no-space-after-function-call-names The @option{-pcs} option causes a space to be placed between the name of the procedure being called and the @samp{(} (for example, @w{@code{puts ("Hi");}}. The @option{-npcs} option would give @code{puts("Hi");}). @refill @kindex -cs @kindex --space-after-cast @kindex -ncs @kindex --no-space-after-casts If the @option{-cs} option is specified, @command{indent} puts a space after a cast operator. @kindex -bs @kindex --blank-after-sizeof The @option{-bs} option ensures that there is a space between the keyword @code{sizeof} and its argument. In some versions, this is known as the @samp{Bill_Shannon} option. @kindex -saf @kindex --space-after-for @kindex -nsaf @kindex --no-space-after-for The @option{-saf} option forces a space between a @code{for} and the following parenthesis. This is the default. @kindex -sai @kindex --space-after-if @kindex -nsai @kindex --no-space-after-if The @option{-sai} option forces a space between a @code{if} and the following parenthesis. This is the default. @kindex -saw @kindex --space-after-while @kindex -nsaw @kindex --no-space-after-while The @option{-saw} option forces a space between a @code{while} and the following parenthesis. This is the default. @kindex -prs @kindex --space-after-parentheses The @option{-prs} option causes all parentheses to be separated with a space from whatever is between them. For example, using @option{-prs} results in code like: @example @group while ( ( e_code - s_code ) < ( dec_ind - 1 ) ) @{ set_buf_break ( bb_dec_ind ); *e_code++ = ' '; @} @end group @end example @node Declarations, Indentation, Statements, Indent Program @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Declarations @kindex -di@var{n} @kindex --declaration-indentation@var{n} By default @command{indent} will line up identifiers, in the column specified by the @option{-di} option. For example, @option{-di16} makes things look like: @example @group int foo; char *bar; @end group @end example Using a small value (such as one or two) for the @option{-di} option can be used to cause the identifiers to be placed in the first available position; for example: @example @group int foo; char *bar; @end group @end example The value given to the @option{-di} option will still affect variables which are put on separate lines from their types, for example @option{-di2} will lead to: @example @group int foo; @end group @end example @kindex -bc @kindex --blank-lines-after-commas @kindex -nbc @kindex --no-blank-lines-after-commas If the @option{-bc} option is specified, a newline is forced after each comma in a declaration. For example, @example @group int a, b, c; @end group @end example @noindent With the @option{-nbc} option this would look like @example int a, b, c; @end example @kindex -bfda @kindex --break-function-decl-args @kindex -nbfda @kindex --dont-break-function-decl-args @kindex -bfde @kindex --break-function-decl-args-end @kindex -nbfde @kindex --dont-break-function-decl-args-end The @option{-bfda} option causes a newline to be forced after the comma separating the arguments of a function declaration. The arguments will appear at one indention level deeper than the function declaration. This is particularly helpful for functions with long argument lists. The option @option{-bfde} causes a newline to be forced before the closing bracket of the function declaration. For both options the 'n' setting is the default: -nbdfa and -nbdfe. For example, @example @group void foo (int arg1, char arg2, int *arg3, long arg4, char arg5); @end group @end example @noindent With the @option{-bfda} option this would look like @example void foo ( int arg1, char arg2, int *arg3, long arg4, char arg5); @end example With, in addition, the @option{-bfde} option this would look like @example void foo ( int arg1, char arg2, int *arg3, long arg4, char arg5 ); @end example @kindex -psl @kindex --procnames-start-lines @kindex -npsl @kindex --dont-break-procedure-type @cindex @command{etags} requires @option{-psl} The @option{-psl} option causes the type of a procedure being defined to be placed on the line before the name of the procedure. This style is required for the @command{etags} program to work correctly, as well as some of the @code{c-mode} functions of Emacs. @kindex -T @cindex Typenames @cindex typedef You must use the @option{-T} option to tell @command{indent} the name of all the typenames in your program that are defined by @code{typedef}. @option{-T} can be specified more than once, and all names specified are used. For example, if your program contains @example @group typedef unsigned long CODE_ADDR; typedef enum @{red, blue, green@} COLOR; @end group @end example @noindent you would use the options @option{-T CODE_ADDR -T COLOR}. @kindex -bls @kindex --braces-after-struct-decl-line @kindex -brs @kindex --braces-on-struct-decl-line The @option{-brs} or @option{-bls} option specifies how to format braces in struct declarations. The @option{-brs} option formats braces like this: @example @group struct foo @{ int x; @}; @end group @end example @noindent The @option{-bls} option formats them like this: @example @group struct foo @{ int x; @}; @end group @end example @kindex -blf @kindex --braces-after-func-def-line @kindex -brs @kindex --braces-on-func-def-line Similarly to the structure brace @option{-brs} and @option{-bls} options, the function brace options @option{-brf} or @option{-blf} specify how to format the braces in function definitions. The @option{-brf} option formats braces like this: @example @group int one(void) @{ return 1; @}; @end group @end example @noindent The @option{-blf} option formats them like this: @example @group int one(void) @{ return 1; @}; @end group @end example @node Indentation, Breaking long lines, Declarations, Indent Program @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Indentation @kindex -i@var{n} @kindex --indent-level@var{n} @kindex -ci@var{n} @kindex --continuation-indentation@var{n} @kindex -lp @kindex --continue-at-parentheses @kindex -nlp @kindex --dont-line-up-parentheses One issue in the formatting of code is how far each line should be indented from the left margin. When the beginning of a statement such as @code{if} or @code{for} is encountered, the indentation level is increased by the value specified by the @option{-i} option. For example, use @option{-i8} to specify an eight character indentation for each level. When a statement is broken across two lines, the second line is indented by a number of additional spaces specified by the @option{-ci} option. @option{-ci} defaults to 0. However, if the @option{-lp} option is specified, and a line has a left parenthesis which is not closed on that line, then continuation lines will be lined up to start at the character position just after the left parenthesis. This processing also applies to @samp{[} and applies to @samp{@{} when it occurs in initialization lists. For example, a piece of continued code might look like this with @option{-nlp -ci3} in effect: @example @group p1 = first_procedure (second_procedure (p2, p3), third_procedure (p4, p5)); @end group @end example @noindent With @option{-lp} in effect the code looks somewhat clearer: @example @group p1 = first_procedure (second_procedure (p2, p3), third_procedure (p4, p5)); @end group @end example @kindex -ts@var{n} @kindex --tab-size@var{n} When a statement is broken in between two or more paren pairs (...), each extra pair causes the indentation level extra indentation: @example @group if ((((i < 2 && k > 0) || p == 0) && q == 1) || n = 0) @end group @end example @noindent The option @option{-ip@var{N}} can be used to set the extra offset per paren. For instance, @option{-ip0} would format the above as: @example @group if ((((i < 2 && k > 0) || p == 0) && q == 1) || n = 0) @end group @end example @noindent @command{indent} assumes that tabs are placed at regular intervals of both input and output character streams. These intervals are by default 8 columns wide, but (as of version 1.2) may be changed by the @option{-ts} option. Tabs are treated as the equivalent number of spaces. @kindex -ip@var{n} @kindex --parameter-indentation@var{n} @kindex -nip @kindex --no-parameter-indentation The indentation of type declarations in old-style function definitions is controlled by the @option{-ip} parameter. This is a numeric parameter specifying how many spaces to indent type declarations. For example, the default @w{@option{-ip5}} makes definitions look like this: @example @group char * create_world (x, y, scale) int x; int y; float scale; @{ . . . @} @end group @end example For compatibility with other versions of indent, the option @option{-nip} is provided, which is equivalent to @option{-ip0}. @kindex -lps @kindex --leave-preprocessor-space @kindex -nlps @kindex --remove-preprocessor-space ANSI C allows white space to be placed on preprocessor command lines between the character @samp{#} and the command name. By default, @command{indent} removes this space, but specifying the @option{-lps} option directs @command{indent} to leave this space unmodified. The option @option{-ppi} overrides @option{-nlps} and @option{-lps}. @kindex -ppi@var{n} @kindex --preprocessor-indentation@var{n} This option can be used to request that preprocessor conditional statements can be indented by to given number of spaces, for example with the option @option{-ppi 3} @example @group #if X #if Y #define Z 1 #else #define Z 0 #endif #endif @end group @end example becomes @example @group #if X # if Y # define Z 1 # else # define Z 0 # endif #endif @end group @end example @kindex -il@var{n} @kindex --indent-label@var{n} This option sets the offset at which a label (except case labels) will be positioned. If it is set to zero or a positive number, this indicates how far from the left margin to indent a label. If it is set to a negative number, this indicates how far back from the current indent level to place the label. The default setting is -2 which matches the behaviour of earlier versions of indent. Note that this parameter does not affect the placing of case labels; see the @option{-cli} parameter for that. For example with the option @option{-il 1} @example @group function() @{ if (do_stuff1() == ERROR) goto cleanup1; if (do_stuff2() == ERROR) goto cleanup2; return SUCCESS; cleanup2: do_cleanup2(); cleanup1: do_cleanup1(); return ERROR; @} @end group @end example becomes @example @group function() @{ if (do_stuff1() == ERROR) goto cleanup1; if (do_stuff2() == ERROR) goto cleanup2; return SUCCESS; cleanup2: do_cleanup2(); cleanup1: do_cleanup1(); return ERROR; @} @end group @end example @node Breaking long lines, Disabling Formatting, Indentation, Indent Program @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Breaking long lines @kindex -l@var{n} @kindex --line-length@var{n} With the option @option{-l@var{n}}, or @option{--line-length@var{n}}, it is possible to specify the maximum length of a line of C code, not including possible comments that follow it. When lines become longer than the specified line length, GNU @command{indent} tries to break the line at a logical place. This is new as of version 2.1 however and not very intelligent or flexible yet. @kindex -bbo @kindex --break-before-boolean-operator @kindex -nbbo @kindex --break-after-boolean-operator @kindex -hnl @kindex --honour-newlines @kindex -nhnl @kindex --ignore-newlines Currently there are two options that allow one to interfere with the algorithm that determines where to break a line. The @option{-bbo} option causes GNU @command{indent} to prefer to break long lines before the boolean operators @code{&&} and @code{||}. The @option{-nbbo} option causes GNU @command{indent} not have that preference. For example, the default option @option{-bbo} (together with @option{--line-length60} and @option{--ignore-newlines}) makes code look like this: @example @group if (mask && ((mask[0] == '\0') || (mask[1] == '\0' && ((mask[0] == '0') || (mask[0] == '*'))))) @end group @end example Using the option @option{-nbbo} will make it look like this: @example @group if (mask && ((mask[0] == '\0') || (mask[1] == '\0' && ((mask[0] == '0') || (mask[0] == '*'))))) @end group @end example The default @option{-hnl}, however, honours newlines in the input file by giving them the highest possible priority to break lines at. For example, when the input file looks like this: @example @group if (mask && ((mask[0] == '\0') || (mask[1] == '\0' && ((mask[0] == '0') || (mask[0] == '*'))))) @end group @end example @noindent then using the option @option{-hnl}, or @option{--honour-newlines}, together with the previously mentioned @option{-nbbo} and @option{--line-length60}, will cause the output not to be what is given in the last example but instead will prefer to break at the positions where the code was broken in the input file: @example @group if (mask && ((mask[0] == '\0') || (mask[1] == '\0' && ((mask[0] == '0') || (mask[0] == '*'))))) @end group @end example The idea behind this option is that lines which are too long, but are already broken up, will not be touched by GNU @command{indent}. Really messy code should be run through @command{indent} at least once using the @option{--ignore-newlines} option though. @node Disabling Formatting, Miscellaneous options, Breaking long lines, Indent Program @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Disabling Formatting Formatting of C code may be disabled for portions of a program by embedding special @dfn{control comments} in the program. To turn off formatting for a section of a program, place the disabling control comment @code{/* *INDENT-OFF* */} on a line by itself just before that section. Program text scanned after this control comment is output precisely as input with no modifications until the corresponding enabling comment is scanned on a line by itself. The disabling control comment is @code{/* *INDENT-ON* */}, and any text following the comment on the line is also output unformatted. Formatting begins again with the input line following the enabling control comment. More precisely, @command{indent} does not attempt to verify the closing delimiter (@code{*/}) for these C comments, and any whitespace on the line is totally transparent. These control comments also function in their C++ formats, namely @code{// *INDENT-OFF*} and @code{// *INDENT-ON*}. It should be noted that the internal state of @command{indent} remains unchanged over the course of the unformatted section. Thus, for example, turning off formatting in the middle of a function and continuing it after the end of the function may lead to bizarre results. It is therefore wise to be somewhat modular in selecting code to be left unformatted. As a historical note, some earlier versions of @command{indent} produced error messages beginning with @code{*INDENT**}. These versions of @command{indent} were written to ignore any input text lines which began with such error messages. I have removed this incestuous feature from GNU @command{indent}. @node Miscellaneous options, Bugs, Disabling Formatting, Indent Program @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Miscellaneous options @kindex -version To find out what version of @command{indent} you have, use the command @code{indent -version}. This will report the version number of @command{indent}, without doing any of the normal processing. @kindex -v @kindex --verbose @kindex -nv @kindex --no-verbosity @comment Would --terse be better? I think not, but perhaps accepting @comment --no-verbose would avoid error messages. The @option{-v} option can be used to turn on verbose mode. When in verbose mode, @command{indent} reports when it splits one line of input into two more more lines of output, and gives some size statistics at completion. @kindex -pmt @kindex --preserve-mtime @kindex -npmt The @option{-pmt} option causes @command{indent} to preserve the access and modification times on the output files. Using this option has the advantage that running indent on all source and header files in a project won't cause @code{make} to rebuild all targets. This option is only available on Operating Systems that have the POSIX @code{utime(2)} function. @node Bugs, Copyright, Miscellaneous options, Indent Program @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Bugs Please report any bugs to @email{bug-indent@@gnu.org}. When @command{indent} is run twice on a file, with the same profile, it should @emph{never} change that file the second time. With the current design of @command{indent}, this can not be guaranteed, and it has not been extensively tested. @command{indent} does not understand C. In some cases this leads to the inability to join lines. The result is that running a file through @command{indent} is @emph{irreversible}, even if the used input file was the result of running @command{indent} with a given profile (@file{.indent.pro}). While an attempt was made to get @command{indent} working for C++, it will not do a good job on any C++ source except the very simplest. @command{indent} does not look at the given @option{--line-length} option when writing comments to the output file. This results often in comments being put far to the right. In order to prohibit @command{indent} from joining a broken line that has a comment at the end, make sure that the comments start on the first line of the break. @command{indent} does not count lines and comments (see the @option{-v} option) when @command{indent} is turned off with @code{/* *INDENT-OFF* */}. Comments of the form @code{/*UPPERCASE*/} are not treated as comment but as an identifier, causing them to be joined with the next line. This renders comments of this type useless, unless they are embedded in the code to begin with. @node Copyright, , Bugs, Indent Program @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Copyright The following copyright notice applies to the @command{indent} program. The copyright and copying permissions for this manual appear near the beginning of @file{indent.texinfo} and @file{indent.info}, and near the end of @file{indent.1}. @display Copyright @copyright{} 2001 David Ingamells. Copyright @copyright{} 1999 Carlo Wood. Copyright @copyright{} 1995, 1996 Joseph Arceneaux. Copyright @copyright{} 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 Free Software Foundation Copyright @copyright{} 1985 Sun Microsystems, Inc. Copyright @copyright{} 1980 The Regents of the University of California. Copyright @copyright{} 1976 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation, advertising materials, and other materials related to such distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed by the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Illinois, Urbana, and Sun Microsystems, Inc. The name of either University or Sun Microsystems may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. @end display @c !END THEREST @node Option Summary, Index, Indent Program, Top @appendix Option Summary Here is a list of all the options for @command{indent}, alphabetized by short option. It is followed by a cross key alphabetized by long option. @c !BEGIN OPTIONS @c The cross references are all on lines by themselves because this @c looks better in both printed output and Info. 4 Feb 1992 --rjc @table @samp @item -bad @itemx --blank-lines-after-declarations Force blank lines after the declarations.@* @xref{Blank lines}. @item -bap @itemx --blank-lines-after-procedures Force blank lines after procedure bodies.@* @xref{Blank lines}. @item -bbb @itemx --blank-lines-before-block-comments Force blank lines before block comments.@* @xref{Blank lines}. @item -bbo @itemx --break-before-boolean-operator Prefer to break long lines before boolean operators.@* @xref{Breaking long lines}. @item -bc @itemx --blank-lines-after-commas Force newline after comma in declaration.@* @xref{Declarations}. @item -bl @itemx --braces-after-if-line Put braces on line after @code{if}, etc.@* @xref{Statements}. @item -blf @itemx --braces-after-func-def-line Put braces on line following function definition line.@* @xref{Declarations}. @item -bli@var{n} @itemx --brace-indent@var{n} Indent braces @var{n} spaces.@* @xref{Statements}. @item -bls @itemx --braces-after-struct-decl-line Put braces on the line after @code{struct} declaration lines.@* @xref{Declarations}. @item -br @itemx --braces-on-if-line Put braces on line with @code{if}, etc.@* @xref{Statements}. @item -brf @itemx --braces-on-func-def-line Put braces on function definition line.@* @xref{Declarations}. @item -brs @itemx --braces-on-struct-decl-line Put braces on @code{struct} declaration line.@* @xref{Declarations}. @item -bs @itemx --Bill-Shannon @itemx --blank-before-sizeof Put a space between @code{sizeof} and its argument.@* @xref{Statements}. @item -c@var{n} @itemx --comment-indentation@var{n} Put comments to the right of code in column @var{n}.@* @xref{Comments}. @item -cbi@var{n} @itemx --case-brace-indentation@var{n} Indent braces after a case label N spaces.@* @xref{Statements}. @item -cd@var{n} @itemx --declaration-comment-column@var{n} Put comments to the right of the declarations in column @var{n}.@* @xref{Comments}. @item -cdb @itemx --comment-delimiters-on-blank-lines Put comment delimiters on blank lines.@* @xref{Comments}. @item -cdw @itemx --cuddle-do-while Cuddle while of @code{do @{@} while;} and preceding @samp{@}}.@* @xref{Comments}. @item -ce @itemx --cuddle-else Cuddle else and preceding @samp{@}}.@* @xref{Comments}. @item -ci@var{n} @itemx --continuation-indentation@var{n} Continuation indent of @var{n} spaces.@* @xref{Statements}. @item -cli@var{n} @itemx --case-indentation@var{n} Case label indent of @var{n} spaces.@* @xref{Statements}. @item -cp@var{n} @itemx --else-endif-column@var{n} Put comments to the right of @code{#else} and @code{#endif} statements in column @var{n}.@* @xref{Comments}. @item -cs @itemx --space-after-cast Put a space after a cast operator.@* @xref{Statements}. @item -d@var{n} @itemx --line-comments-indentation@var{n} Set indentation of comments not to the right of code to @var{n} spaces.@* @xref{Comments}. @item -bfda @itemx --break-function-decl-args Break the line before all arguments in a declaration.@* @xref{Declarations}. @item -bfde @itemx --break-function-decl-args Break the line after the last argument in a declaration.@* @xref{Declarations}. @item -dj@var{n} @itemx --left-justify-declarations If -cd 0 is used then comments after declarations are left justified behind the declaration.@* @xref{Declarations}. @item -di@var{n} @itemx --declaration-indentation@var{n} Put variables in column @var{n}.@* @xref{Declarations}. @item -fc1 @itemx --format-first-column-comments Format comments in the first column.@* @xref{Comments}. @item -fca @itemx --format-all-comments Do not disable all formatting of comments.@* @xref{Comments}. @item -gnu @itemx --gnu-style Use GNU coding style. This is the default.@* @xref{Common styles}. @item -hnl @itemx --honour-newlines Prefer to break long lines at the position of newlines in the input.@* @xref{Breaking long lines}. @item -i@var{n} @itemx --indent-level@var{n} Set indentation level to @var{n} spaces.@* @xref{Indentation}. @item -il@var{n} @itemx --indent-label@var{n} Set offset for labels to column @var{n}.@* @xref{Indentation}. @item -ip@var{n} @itemx --parameter-indentation@var{n} Indent parameter types in old-style function definitions by @var{n} spaces.@* @xref{Indentation}. @item -kr @itemx --k-and-r-style Use Kernighan & Ritchie coding style.@* @xref{Common styles}. @item -l@var{n} @itemx --line-length@var{n} Set maximum line length for non-comment lines to @var{n}.@* @xref{Breaking long lines}. @item -lc@var{n} @itemx --comment-line-length@var{n} Set maximum line length for comment formatting to @var{n}.@* @xref{Comments}. @item -linux @itemx --linux-style Use Linux coding style.@* @xref{Common styles}. @item -lp @itemx --continue-at-parentheses Line up continued lines at parentheses.@* @xref{Indentation}. @item -lps @itemx --leave-preprocessor-space Leave space between @samp{#} and preprocessor directive.@* @xref{Indentation}. @item -nbad @itemx --no-blank-lines-after-declarations Do not force blank lines after declarations.@* @xref{Blank lines}. @item -nbap @itemx --no-blank-lines-after-procedures Do not force blank lines after procedure bodies.@* @xref{Blank lines}. @ignore @comment Didn't do anything, so I removed it @item -nbbb @itemx --no-blank-lines-before-block-comments Do not force blank-lines before block comments.@* @xref{Blank lines}. @end ignore @item -nbbo @itemx --break-after-boolean-operator Do not prefer to break long lines before boolean operators.@* @xref{Breaking long lines}. @item -nbc @itemx --no-blank-lines-after-commas Do not force newlines after commas in declarations.@* @xref{Declarations}. @item -nbfda @itemx --dont-break-function-decl-args Don't put each argument in a function declaration on a separate line.@* @xref{Declarations}. @item -ncdb @itemx --no-comment-delimiters-on-blank-lines Do not put comment delimiters on blank lines.@* @xref{Comments}. @item -ncdw @itemx --dont-cuddle-do-while Do not cuddle @code{@}} and the @code{while} of a @code{do @{@} while;}.@* @xref{Statements}. @item -nce @itemx --dont-cuddle-else Do not cuddle @code{@}} and @code{else}.@* @xref{Statements}. @item -ncs @itemx --no-space-after-casts Do not put a space after cast operators.@* @xref{Statements}. @item -ndj@var{n} @itemx --dont-left-justify-declarations Comments after declarations are treated the same as comments after other statements.@* @xref{Declarations}. @item -nfc1 @itemx --dont-format-first-column-comments Do not format comments in the first column as normal.@* @xref{Comments}. @item -nfca @itemx --dont-format-comments Do not format any comments.@* @xref{Comments}. @item -nhnl @itemx --ignore-newlines Do not prefer to break long lines at the position of newlines in the input.@* @xref{Breaking long lines}. @item -nip @itemx --no-parameter-indentation Zero width indentation for parameters.@* @xref{Indentation}. @item -nlp @itemx --dont-line-up-parentheses Do not line up parentheses.@* @xref{Statements}. @item -npcs @itemx --no-space-after-function-call-names Do not put space after the function in function calls.@* @xref{Statements}. @item -nprs @itemx --no-space-after-parentheses Do not put a space after every '(' and before every ')'.@* @xref{Statements}. @item -npsl @itemx --dont-break-procedure-type Put the type of a procedure on the same line as its name.@* @xref{Declarations}. @item -nsaf @itemx --no-space-after-for Do not put a space after every @code{for}.@* @xref{Statements}. @item -nsai @itemx --no-space-after-if Do not put a space after every @code{if}.@* @xref{Statements}. @item -nsaw @itemx --no-space-after-while Do not put a space after every @code{while}.@* @xref{Statements}. @item -nsc @itemx --dont-star-comments Do not put the @samp{*} character at the left of comments.@* @xref{Comments}. @item -nsob @itemx --leave-optional-blank-lines Do not swallow optional blank lines.@* @xref{Blank lines}. @item -nss @itemx --dont-space-special-semicolon Do not force a space before the semicolon after certain statements. Disables @option{-ss}.@* @xref{Statements}. @item -nut @itemx --no-tabs Use spaces instead of tabs.@* @xref{Indentation}. @item -nv @itemx --no-verbosity Disable verbose mode.@* @xref{Miscellaneous options}. @item -orig @itemx --original Use the original Berkeley coding style.@* @xref{Common styles}. @item -npro @itemx --ignore-profile Do not read @file{.indent.pro} files.@* @xref{Invoking indent}. @item -pcs @itemx --space-after-procedure-calls Insert a space between the name of the procedure being called and the @samp{(}.@* @xref{Statements}. @item -pi@var{n} @itemx --paren-indentation@var{n} Specify the extra indentation per open parentheses '(' when a statement is broken. @xref{Statements}. @item -pmt @itemx --preserve-mtime Preserve access and modification times on output files. @xref{Miscellaneous options}. @item -ppi@var{n} @itemx --preprocessor-indentation@var{n} Specify the indentation for preprocessor conditional statements. @xref{Indentation}. @item -prs @itemx --space-after-parentheses Put a space after every '(' and before every ')'.@* @xref{Statements}. @item -psl @itemx --procnames-start-lines Put the type of a procedure on the line before its name.@* @xref{Declarations}. @item -saf @itemx --space-after-for Put a space after each @code{for}.@* @xref{Statements}. @item -sai @itemx --space-after-if Put a space after each @code{if}.@* @xref{Statements}. @item -saw @itemx --space-after-while Put a space after each @code{while}.@* @xref{Statements}. @item -sbi@var{n} @itemx --struct-brace-indentation@var{n} Indent braces of a struct, union or enum N spaces.@* @xref{Statements}. @item -sc @itemx --start-left-side-of-comments Put the @samp{*} character at the left of comments.@* @xref{Comments}. @item -sob @itemx --swallow-optional-blank-lines Swallow optional blank lines.@* @xref{Blank lines}. @item -ss @itemx --space-special-semicolon On one-line @code{for} and @code{while} statements, force a blank before the semicolon.@* @xref{Statements}. @item -st @itemx --standard-output Write to standard output.@* @xref{Invoking indent}. @item -T Tell @command{indent} the name of typenames.@* @xref{Declarations}. @item -ts@var{n} @itemx --tab-size@var{n} Set tab size to @var{n} spaces.@* @xref{Indentation}. @item -ut @itemx --use-tabs Use tabs. This is the default.@* @xref{Indentation}. @item -v @itemx --verbose Enable verbose mode.@* @xref{Miscellaneous options}. @item -version Output the version number of @command{indent}.@* @xref{Miscellaneous options}. @end table @c !END OPTIONS @c !BEGIN CROSSREF @subheading Options' Cross Key Here is a list of options alphabetized by long option, to help you find the corresponding short option. @iftex @sp 2 @end iftex @tex \def\leaderfill{\leaders\hbox to 1em{\hss.\hss}\hfill} {\tt \line{ --blank-lines-after-commas \leaderfill -bc\ \ } \line{ --blank-lines-after-declarations \leaderfill -bad\ } \line{ --blank-lines-after-procedures \leaderfill -bap\ } \line{ --blank-lines-before-block-comments \leaderfill -bbb\ } \line{ --braces-after-if-line \leaderfill -bl\ \ } \line{ --braces-after-func-def-line \leaderfill -blf\ \ } \line{ --brace-indent \leaderfill -bli@var{n}} \line{ --braces-after-struct-decl-line \leaderfill -bls\ \ } \line{ --break-after-boolean-operator \leaderfill -nbbo\ \ } \line{ --break-before-boolean-operator \leaderfill -bbo\ \ } \line{ --break-function-decl-args \leaderfill -bfda} \line{ --break-function-decl-args-end \leaderfill -bfde} \line{ --braces-on-if-line \leaderfill -br\ \ } \line{ --braces-on-func-def-line \leaderfill -brf\ \ } \line{ --braces-on-struct-decl-line \leaderfill -brs\ \ } \line{ --case-indentation \leaderfill -cli@var{n}} \line{ --case-brace-indentation \leaderfill -cbi@var{n}} \line{ --comment-delimiters-on-blank-lines \leaderfill -cdb\ } \line{ --comment-indentation \leaderfill -c@var{n}\ \ } \line{ --continuation-indentation \leaderfill -ci@var{n}\ } \line{ --continue-at-parentheses \leaderfill -lp\ \ } \line{ --cuddle-do-while \leaderfill -cdw\ \ } \line{ --cuddle-else \leaderfill -ce\ \ } \line{ --declaration-comment-column \leaderfill -cd@var{n}\ } \line{ --declaration-indentation \leaderfill -di@var{n}\ } \line{ --dont-break-function-decl-args \leaderfill -nbfda} \line{ --dont-break-function-decl-args-end \leaderfill -nbfde} \line{ --dont-break-procedure-type \leaderfill -npsl} \line{ --dont-cuddle-do-while \leaderfill -ncdw\ \ } \line{ --dont-cuddle-else \leaderfill -nce\ } \line{ --dont-format-comments \leaderfill -nfca} \line{ --dont-format-first-column-comments \leaderfill -nfc1} \line{ --dont-left-justify-declarations \leaderfill -ndj\ } \line{ --dont-line-up-parentheses \leaderfill -nlp\ } \line{ --dont-space-special-semicolon \leaderfill -nss\ } \line{ --dont-star-comments \leaderfill -nsc\ } \line{ --else-endif-column \leaderfill -cp@var{n}\ } \line{ --format-all-comments \leaderfill -fca\ } \line{ --format-first-column-comments \leaderfill -fc1\ } \line{ --gnu-style \leaderfill -gnu\ } \line{ --honour-newlines \leaderfill -hnl\ \ } \line{ --ignore-newlines \leaderfill -nhnl\ \ } \line{ --ignore-profile \leaderfill -npro} \line{ --indent-label \leaderfill -il@var{n}\ \ } \line{ --indent-level \leaderfill -i@var{n}\ \ } \line{ --k-and-r-style \leaderfill -kr\ \ } \line{ --leave-optional-blank-lines \leaderfill -nsob} \line{ --leave-preprocessor-space \leaderfill -lps\ } \line{ --left-justify-declarations \leaderfill -dj\ } \line{ --line-comments-indentation \leaderfill -d@var{n}\ \ } \line{ --line-length \leaderfill -l@var{n}\ \ } \line{ --linux-style \leaderfill -linux\ \ } \line{ --no-blank-lines-after-commas \leaderfill -nbc\ } \line{ --no-blank-lines-after-declarations \leaderfill -nbad} \line{ --no-blank-lines-after-procedures \leaderfill -nbap} \line{ --no-blank-lines-before-block-comments \leaderfill -nbbb} \line{ --no-comment-delimiters-on-blank-lines \leaderfill -ncdb} \line{ --no-space-after-casts \leaderfill -ncs\ } \line{ --no-parameter-indentation \leaderfill -nip\ } \line{ --no-space-after-for \leaderfill -nsaf} \line{ --no-space-after-function-call-names \leaderfill -npcs} \line{ --no-space-after-if \leaderfill -nsai} \line{ --no-space-after-parentheses \leaderfill -nprs} \line{ --no-space-after-while \leaderfill -nsaw} \line{ --no-tabs \leaderfill -nut\ \ } \line{ --no-verbosity \leaderfill -nv\ \ } \line{ --original \leaderfill -orig} \line{ --parameter-indentation \leaderfill -ip@var{n}\ } \line{ --paren-indentation \leaderfill -pi@var{n}\ } \line{ --preprocessor-indentation \leaderfill -ppi@var{n}\ } \line{ --preserve-mtime \leaderfill -pmt\ } \line{ --procnames-start-lines \leaderfill -psl\ } \line{ --space-after-cast \leaderfill -cs\ \ } \line{ --space-after-for \leaderfill -saf\ } \line{ --space-after-if \leaderfill -sai\ } \line{ --space-after-parentheses \leaderfill -prs\ } \line{ --space-after-procedure-calls \leaderfill -pcs\ } \line{ --space-after-while \leaderfill -saw\ } \line{ --space-special-semicolon \leaderfill -ss\ \ } \line{ --standard-output \leaderfill -st\ \ } \line{ --start-left-side-of-comments \leaderfill -sc\ \ } \line{ --struct-brace-indentation \leaderfill -sbi@var{n}} \line{ --swallow-optional-blank-lines \leaderfill -sob\ } \line{ --tab-size \leaderfill -ts@var{n}\ } \line{ --use-tabs \leaderfill -ut\ \ } \line{ --verbose \leaderfill -v\ \ \ } } @end tex @ifinfo @example --blank-lines-after-commas -bc --blank-lines-after-declarations -bad --blank-lines-after-procedures -bap --blank-lines-before-block-comments -bbb --braces-after-if-line -bl --braces-after-func-def-line -blf --brace-indent -bli --braces-after-struct-decl-line -bls --braces-on-if-line -br --braces-on-func-def-line -brf --braces-on-struct-decl-line -brs --break-after-boolean-operator -nbbo --break-before-boolean-operator -bbo --break-function-decl-args -bfda --break-function-decl-args-end -bfde --case-indentation -cli@var{n} --case-brace-indentation -cbi@var{n} --comment-delimiters-on-blank-lines -cdb --comment-indentation -c@var{n} --continuation-indentation -ci@var{n} --continue-at-parentheses -lp --cuddle-do-while -cdw --cuddle-else -ce --declaration-comment-column -cd@var{n} --declaration-indentation -di@var{n} --dont-break-function-decl-args -nbfda --dont-break-function-decl-args-end -nbfde --dont-break-procedure-type -npsl --dont-cuddle-do-while -ncdw --dont-cuddle-else -nce --dont-format-comments -nfca --dont-format-first-column-comments -nfc1 --dont-line-up-parentheses -nlp --dont-left-justify-declarations -ndj --dont-space-special-semicolon -nss --dont-star-comments -nsc --else-endif-column -cp@var{n} --format-all-comments -fca --format-first-column-comments -fc1 --gnu-style -gnu --honour-newlines -hnl --ignore-newlines -nhnl --ignore-profile -npro --indent-label -il@var{n} --indent-level -i@var{n} --k-and-r-style -kr --leave-optional-blank-lines -nsob --leave-preprocessor-space -lps --left-justify-declarations -dj --line-comments-indentation -d@var{n} --line-length -l@var{n} --linux-style -linux --no-blank-lines-after-commas -nbc --no-blank-lines-after-declarations -nbad --no-blank-lines-after-procedures -nbap --no-blank-lines-before-block-comments -nbbb --no-comment-delimiters-on-blank-lines -ncdb --no-space-after-casts -ncs --no-parameter-indentation -nip --no-space-after-for -nsaf --no-space-after-function-call-names -npcs --no-space-after-if -nsai --no-space-after-parentheses -nprs --no-space-after-while -nsaw --no-tabs -nut --no-verbosity -nv --original -orig --parameter-indentation -ip@var{n} --paren-indentation -pi@var{n} --preserve-mtime -pmt --preprocessor-indentation -ppi@var{n} --procnames-start-lines -psl --space-after-cast -cs --space-after-for -saf --space-after-if -sai --space-after-parentheses -prs --space-after-procedure-calls -pcs --space-after-while -saw --space-special-semicolon -ss --standard-output -st --start-left-side-of-comments -sc --struct-brace-indentation -sbi@var{n} --swallow-optional-blank-lines -sob --tab-size -ts@var{n} --use-tabs -ut --verbose -v @end example @end ifinfo @c !END CROSSREF @node Index, , Option Summary, Top @unnumbered Index @printindex ky @page @contents @bye