This is Info file indent.info, produced by Makeinfo-1.54 from the input file ./indent.texinfo. Copyright (C) 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is Edition 1.3, January, 1994, of `The `indent' Manual', for Indent Version 1.9 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. File: indent.info, Node: Top, Next: Indent Program, Prev: (dir), Up: (dir) `indent': Indent and Format C Program Source ********************************************* The `indent' program changes the appearance of a C program by inserting or deleting whitespace. This is Edition 1.3, January 1994, of `The `indent' Manual', for Indent Version 1.9 * Menu: * Indent Program:: The `indent' Program * Option Summary:: Option Summary * Index:: Index File: indent.info, Node: Indent Program, Next: Option Summary, Prev: Top, Up: Top The `indent' Program ******************** The `indent' program can be used to make code easier to read. It can also convert from one style of writing C to another. `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. * Menu: * Invoking indent:: Invoking `indent' * Backup files:: Backup Files * Common styles:: Common styles * Blank lines:: Blank lines * Comments:: Comments * Statements:: Statements * Declarations:: Declarations * Indentation:: Indentation * Disabling Formatting:: Disabling Formatting * Miscellaneous options:: Miscellaneous options * Bugs:: Bugs * Copyright:: Copyright File: indent.info, Node: Invoking indent, Next: Backup files, Up: Indent Program Invoking `indent' ================= As of version 1.3, the format of the `indent' command is: indent [OPTIONS] [INPUT-FILES] indent [OPTIONS] [SINGLE-INPUT-FILE] [-o OUTPUT-FILE] This format is different from earlier versions and other versions of `indent'. In the first form, one or more input files are specified. `indent' makes a backup copy of each file, and the original file is replaced with its indented version. *Note Backup files::, for an explanation of how backups are made. 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 `-o' option. To cause `indent' to write to standard output, use the `-st' option. This is only allowed when there is only one input file, or when the standard input is used. If no input files are named, the standard input is read for input. Also, if a filename named `-' is specified, then the standard input is read. As an example, each of the following commands will input the program `slithy_toves.c' and write its indented text to `slithy_toves.out': 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 Most other options to `indent' control how programs are formatted. As of version 1.2, `indent' also recognizes a long name for each option name. Long options are prefixed by either `--' or `+'.(1) In most of this document, the traditional, short names are used for the sake of brevity. *Note Option Summary::, for a list of options, including both long and short names. Here is another example: indent -br test/metabolism.c -l85 This will indent the program `test/metabolism.c' using the `-br' and `-l85' options, write the output back to `test/metabolism.c', and write the original contents of `test/metabolism.c' to a backup file in the directory `test'. Equivalent invocations using long option names for this example would indent --braces-on-if-line --line-length185 test/metabolism.c indent +braces-on-if-line +line-length185 test/metabolism.c If you find that you often use `indent' with the same options, you may put those options into a file called `.indent.pro'. `indent' will first look for `.indent.pro' in the current directory and use that if found. Otherwise, `indent' will search your home directory for `.indent.pro' and use that file if it is found. This behaviour is different from that of other versions of `indent', which load both files if they both exist. Command line switches are handled *after* processing `.indent.pro'. Options specified later override arguments specified earlier, with one exception: Explicitly specified options always override background options (*note Common styles::.). You can prevent `indent' from reading an `.indent.pro' file by specifying the `-npro' option. ---------- Footnotes ---------- (1) `+' is being superseded by `--' to maintain consistency with the POSIX standard. File: indent.info, Node: Backup files, Next: Common styles, Prev: Invoking indent, Up: Indent Program Backup Files ============ As of version 1.3, GNU `indent' makes GNU-style backup files, the same way GNU Emacs does. This means that either "simple" or "numbered" backup filenames may be made. Simple backup file names are generated by appending a suffix to the original file name. The default for the this suffix is the one-character string `~' (tilde). Thus, the backup file for `python.c' would be `python.c~'. Instead of the default, you may specify any string as a suffix by setting the environment variable `SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX' to your preferred suffix. Numbered backup versions of a file `momewraths' look like `momewraths.c.~23~', where 23 is the version of this particular backup. When making a numbered backup of the file `src/momewrath.c', the backup file will be named `src/momewrath.c.~V~', where V is one greater than the highest version currently existing in the directory `src'. The type of backup file made is controlled by the value of the environment variable `VERSION_CONTROL'. If it is the string `simple', then only simple backups will be made. If its value is the string `numbered', then numbered backups will be made. If its value is `numbered-existing', then numbered backups will be made if there *already exist* numbered backups for the file being indented; otherwise, a simple backup is made. If `VERSION_CONTROL' is not set, then `indent' assumes the behaviour of `numbered-existing'. Other versions of `indent' use the suffix `.BAK' in naming backup files. This behaviour can be emulated by setting `SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX' to `.BAK'. Note also that other versions of `indent' make backups in the current directory, rather than in the directory of the source file as GNU `indent' now does. File: indent.info, Node: Common styles, Next: Blank lines, Prev: Backup files, Up: Indent Program 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 "background" option, which specifies a set of values for all other options. However, explicitly specified options always override options implied by a background option. As of version 1.2, the default style of GNU `indent' is the GNU style. Thus, it is no longer neccessary to specify the option `-gnu' to obtain this format, although doing so will not cause an error. Option settings which correspond to the GNU style are: -nbad -bap -nbc -bl -bli2 -c33 -cd33 -ncdb -nce -cli0 -cp1 -di2 -nfc1 -nfca -i2 -ip5 -lp -pcs -psl -cs -nsc -nsob -nss -ts8 -d0 -ci0 -l78 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 `The GNU Coding Standards', which also covers semantic and portability issues such as memory usage, the size of integers, etc.) The Kernighan & Ritchie style is used throughout their well-known book `The C Programming Language'. It is enabled with the `-kr' option. The Kernighan & Ritchie style corresponds to the following set of options: -nbad -bap -nbc -br -c33 -cd33 -ncdb -ce -ci4 -cli0 -cp33 -d0 -di1 -nfc1 -nfca -i4 -ip0 -l75 -lp -npcs -npsl -nsc -nsob -nss -ts8 -cs 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 `indent' has arbitrarily chosen column 33. The style of the original Berkeley `indent' may be obtained by specifying `-orig' (or by specifyfying `--original', using the long option name). This style is equivalent to the following settings: -nbap -nbad -bc -br -c33 -cd33 -cdb -ce -ci4 -cli0 -cp33 -d4 -di16 -fc1 -fca -i4 -ip4 -l75 -lp -npcs -psl -sc -nsob -nss -ts8 -ncs File: indent.info, Node: Blank lines, Next: Comments, Prev: Common styles, Up: Indent Program Blank lines =========== Various programming styles use blank lines in different places. `indent' has a number of options to insert or delete blank lines in specific places. The `-bad' option causes `indent' to force a blank line after every block of declarations. The `-nbad' option causes `indent' not to force such blank lines. The `-bap' option forces a blank line after every procedure body. The `-nbap' option forces no such blank line. The `-sob' option causes `indent' to swallow optional blank lines (that is, any optional blank lines present in the input will be removed from the output). If the `-nsob' is specified, any blank lines present in the input file will be copied to the output file. * Menu: * -bad:: More on the `-bad' option. * -bap:: More on the `-bap' option. File: indent.info, Node: -bad, Next: -bap, Up: Blank lines -blank-lines-after-declarations ------------------------------- The `-bad' option forces a blank line after every block of declarations. The `-nbad' option does not add any such blank lines. For example, given the input char *foo; char *bar; /* This separates blocks of declarations. */ int baz; `indent -bad' produces char *foo; char *bar; /* This separates blocks of declarations. */ int baz; and `indent -nbad' produces char *foo; char *bar; /* This separates blocks of declarations. */ int baz; File: indent.info, Node: -bap, Prev: -bad, Up: Blank lines -blank-lines-after-procedures ----------------------------- The `-bap' option forces a blank line after every procedure body. For example, given the input int foo () { puts("Hi"); } /* The procedure bar is even less interesting. */ char * bar () { puts("Hello"); } `indent -bap' produces int foo () { puts ("Hi"); } /* The procedure bar is even less interesting. */ char * bar () { puts ("Hello"); } and `indent -nbap' produces int foo () { puts ("Hi"); } /* The procedure bar is even less interesting. */ char * bar () { puts ("Hello"); } No blank line will be added after the procedure `foo'. File: indent.info, Node: Comments, Next: Statements, Prev: Blank lines, Up: Indent Program Comments ======== `indent' formats both C and C++ comments. C comments are begun with `/*' and terminated with `*/' and may contain newline characters. C++ comments begin with the delimiter `//' and end at the newline. `indent' handles comments differently depending upon their context. `indent' attempts to distinguish amongst 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 neccessarily in column 1). `indent' further attempts to leave "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 `/*' is followed immediately by the character `*', `=', `_', or `-', or those in which the beginning comment delimiter (`/*') is on a line by itself, and the following line begins with a `*' in the same column as the star of the opening delimiter. Examples of boxed comments are: /********************** * Comment in a box!! * **********************/ /* * A different kind of scent, * for a different kind of comment. */ `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. Comments which are not boxed 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 `-fca' option. To format those beginning in column one, specify `-fc1'. Such formatting is disabled by default. The right margin for formatting defaults to 78, but may be changed with the `-lc' or the `-l' option. `-l' specifies the right margin for all code, and `-lc' specifies the margin for only for comments. If `-l' is used alone, comments will be formatted according to the margin specified with that 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. 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. This alignment may be affected by the `-d' option, which specifies an amount by which such comments are moved to the *left*, or unindented. For example, `-d2' places comments two spaces to the left of code. By default, comments are aligned with code. Comments to the right of code will appear by default in column 33. This may be changed with one of three options. `-c' will specify the column for comments following code, `-cd' specifies the column for comments following declarations, and `-cp' specifies the column for comments following preprocessor directives `#else' and `#endif'. 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. The `-cdb' option places the comment delimiters on blank lines. Thus, a single line comment like `/* Claustrophobia */' can be transformed into: /* Claustrophobia */ Stars can be placed at the beginning of multi-line comments with the `-sc' option. Thus, the single-line comment above can be transformed (with `-cdb -sc') into: /* * Claustrophobia */ File: indent.info, Node: Statements, Next: Declarations, Prev: Comments, Up: Indent Program Statements ========== The `-br' or `-bl' option specifies how to format braces. The `-br' option formats statement braces like this: if (x > 0) { x--; } The `-bl' option formats them like this: if (x > 0) { x--; } These options also affect structure and enumeration declarations. The `-br' option produces structure declarations like the following: struct Sname { int i; char chp; } Vname; The default behaviour, also obtained by specifying `-bl', would yield the following format for the same declaration: struct Sname { int i; char chp; } Vname; If you use the `-bl' option, you may also want to specify the `-bli' option. This option specifies the number of spaces by which braces are indented. `-bli2', the default, gives the result shown above. `-bli0' results in the following: if (x > 0) { x--; } If you are using the `-br' option, you probably want to also use the `-ce' option. This causes the `else' in an if-then-else construct to cuddle up to the immediately preceding `}'. For example, with `-br -ce' you get the following: if (x > 0) { x--; } else { fprintf (stderr, "...something wrong?\n"); } With `-br -nce' that code would appear as if (x > 0) { x--; } else { fprintf (stderr, "...something wrong?\n"); } The `-cli' option specifies the number of spaces that case labels should be indented to the right of the containing `switch' statement. If a semicolon is on the same line as a `for' or `while' statement, the `-ss' option will cause a space to be placed before the semicolon. This emphasizes the semicolon, making it clear that the body of the `for' or `while' statement is an empty statement. `-nss' disables this feature. The `-pcs' option causes a space to be placed between the name of the procedure being called and the `(' (for example, `puts ("Hi");'. The `-npcs' option would give `puts("Hi");'). If the `-cs' option is specified, `indent' puts a space after a cast operator. The `-bs' option ensures that there is a space between the keyword `sizeof' and its argument. In some versions, this is known as the `Bill_Shannon' option. File: indent.info, Node: Declarations, Next: Indentation, Prev: Statements, Up: Indent Program Declarations ============ By default `indent' will line up identifiers, in the column specified by the `-di' option. For example, `-di16' makes things look like: int foo; char *bar; Using a small value (such as one or two) for the `-di' option can be used to cause the indentifiers to be placed in the first available position, for example int foo; char *bar; The value given to the `-di' option will still affect variables which are put on separate lines from their types, for example `-di2' will lead to int foo; If the `-bc' option is specified, a newline is forced after each comma in a declaration. For example, int a, b, c; With the `-nbc' option this would look like int a, b, c; The `-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 `etags' program to work correctly, as well as some of the `c-mode' functions of Emacs. If you are not using the `-di1' option to place variables being declared immediately after their type, you need to use the `-T' option to tell `indent' the name of all the typenames in your program that are defined by `typedef'. `-T' can be specified more than once, and all names specified are used. For example, if your program contains typedef unsigned long CODE_ADDR; typedef enum {red, blue, green} COLOR; you would use the options `-T CODE_ADDR -T COLOR'. File: indent.info, Node: Indentation, Next: Disabling Formatting, Prev: Declarations, Up: Indent Program Indentation =========== 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 `if' or `for' is encountered, the indentation level is increased by the value specified by the `-i' option. For example, use `-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 `-ci' option. `-ci' defaults to 0. However, if the `-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 `[' and applies to `{' when it occurs in initialization lists. For example, a piece of continued code might look like this with `-nlp -ci3' in effect: p1 = first_procedure (second_procedure (p2, p3), third_procedure (p4, p5)); With `-lp' in effect the code looks somewhat clearer: p1 = first_procedure (second_procedure (p2, p3), third_procedure (p4, p5)); `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 `-ts' option. Tabs are treated as the equivalent number of spaces. The indentation of type declarations in old-style function definitions is controlled by the `-ip' parameter. This is a numeric parameter specifying how many spaces to indent type declarations. For example, the default `-ip5' makes definitions look like this: char * create_world (x, y, scale) int x; int y; float scale; { . . . } For compatibility with other versions of indent, the option `-nip' is provided, which is equivalent to `-ip0'. ASCII C allows white space to be placed on preprocessor command lines between the character `#' and the command name. By default, `indent' removes this space, but specifying the `-lps' option directs `indent' to leave this space unmodified. File: indent.info, Node: Disabling Formatting, Next: Miscellaneous options, Prev: Indentation, Up: Indent Program Disabling Formatting ==================== Formatting of C code may be disabled for portions of a program by embedding special "control comments" in the program. To turn off formatting for a section of a program, place the disabling control comment `/* *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 `/* *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, `indent' does not attempt to verify the closing delimiter (`*/') for these C comments, and any whitespace on the line is totally transparent. These control comments also function in their C++ formats, namely `// *INDENT-OFF*' and `// *INDENT-ON*'. It should be noted that the internal state of `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 `indent' produced error messages beginning with `*INDENT**'. These versions of `indent' were written to ignore any input text lines which began with such error messages. I have removed this incestuous feature from `GNU indent'. File: indent.info, Node: Miscellaneous options, Next: Bugs, Prev: Disabling Formatting, Up: Indent Program Miscellaneous options ===================== To find out what version of `indent' you have, use the command `indent -version'. This will report the version number of `indent', without doing any of the normal processing. The `-v' option can be used to turn on verbose mode. When in verbose mode, `indent' reports when it splits one line of input into two more more lines of output, and gives some size statistics at completion. File: indent.info, Node: Bugs, Next: Copyright, Prev: Miscellaneous options, Up: Indent Program The "-troff" option is strongly deprecated, and is not supported. A good thing for someone to do is to rewrite `indent' to generate TeX source as a hardcopy output option, amoung other things. File: indent.info, Node: Copyright, Prev: Bugs, Up: Indent Program Copyright ========= The following copyright notice applies to the `indent' program. The copyright and copying permissions for this manual appear near the beginning of this document. Copyright (c) 1989, 1992 Free Software Foundation Copyright (c) 1985 Sun Microsystems, Inc. Copyright (c) 1980 The Regents of the University of California. 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File: indent.info, Node: Option Summary, Next: Index, Prev: Indent Program, Up: Top Option Summary ************** Here is a list of all the options for `indent', alphabetized by short option. It is followed by a cross key alphabetized by long option. `-bad' `--blank-lines-after-declarations' Force blank lines after the declarations. *Note Blank lines::. `-bap' `--blank-lines-after-procedures' Force blank lines after procedure bodies. *Note Blank lines::. `-bbb' `--blank-lines-after-block-comments' Force blank lines after block comments. *Note Blank lines::. `-bc' `--blank-lines-after-commas' Force newline after comma in declaration. *Note Declarations::. `-bl' `--braces-after-if-line' Put braces on line after `if', etc. *Note Statements::. `-bliN' `--brace-indentN' Indent braces N spaces. *Note Statements::. `-br' `--braces-on-if-line' Put braces on line with `if', etc. and structure declarations *Note Statements::. `-cN' `--comment-indentationN' Put comments to the right of code in column N. *Note Comments::. `-cdN' `--declaration-comment-columnN' Put comments to the right of the declarations in column N. *Note Comments::. `-cdb' `--comment-delimiters-on-blank-lines' Put comment delimiters on blank lines. *Note Comments::. `-ce' `--cuddle-else' Cuddle else and preceeding `}'. *Note Comments::. `-ciN' `--continuation-indentationN' Continuation indent of N spaces. *Note Statements::. `-cliN' `--case-indentationN' Case label indent of N spaces. *Note Statements::. `-cpN' `--else-endif-columnN' Put comments to the right of `#else' and `#endif' statements in column N. *Note Comments::. `-cs' `--space-after-cast' Put a space after a cast operator. *Note Statements::. `-bs' `--blank-before-sizeof' Put a space between `sizeof' and its argument. *Note Statements:: `-dN' `--line-comments-indentationN' Set indentation of comments not to the right of code to N spaces. *Note Comments::. `-diN' `--declaration-indentationN' Put variables in column N. *Note Declarations::. `-fc1' `--format-first-column-comments' Format comments in the first column. *Note Comments::. `-fca' `--format-all-comments' Do not disable all formatting of comments. *Note Comments:: `-gnu' `--gnu-style' Use GNU coding style. This is the default. *Note Common styles::. `-iN' `--indent-levelN' Set indentation level to N spaces. *Note Indentation::. `-ipN' `--parameter-indentationN' Indent parameter types in old-style function definitions by N spaces. *Note Indentation::. `-kr' `--k-and-r-style' Use Kernighan & Ritchie coding style. *Note Common styles::. `-lN' `--line-lengthN' Set maximum line length to N. *Note Comments::. `-lcN' `--comment-line-lengthN' Set maximum line length for comment formatting to N. *Note Comments::. `-lp' `--continue-at-parentheses' Line up continued lines at parentheses. *Note Indentation::. `-lps' `--leave-preprocessor-space' Leave space between `#' and preprocessor directive. *Note Indentation::. `-nbad' `--no-blank-lines-after-declarations' Do not force blank lines after declarations. *Note Blank lines::. `-nbap' `--no-blank-lines-after-procedures' Do not force blank lines after procedure bodies. *Note Blank lines::. `-nbc' `--no-blank-lines-after-commas' Do not force newlines after commas in declarations. *Note Declarations::. `-ncdb' `--no-comment-delimiters-on-blank-lines' Do not put comment delimiters on blank lines. *Note Comments::. `-nce' `--dont-cuddle-else' Do not cuddle `}' and `else'. *Note Statements::. `-ncs' `--no-space-after-casts' Do not put a space after cast operators. *Note Statements::. `-nfc1' `--dont-format-first-column-comments' Do not format comments in the first column as normal. *Note Comments::. `-nfca' `--dont-format-comments' Do not format any comments. *Note Comments::. `-nip' `--no-parameter-indentation' Zero width indentation for parameters. *Note Indentation:: `-nlp' `--dont-line-up-parentheses' Do not line up parentheses. *Note Statements::. `-npcs' `--no-space-after-function-call-names' Do not put space after the function in function calls. *Note Statements::. `-npsl' `--dont-break-procedure-type' Put the type of a procedure on the same line as its name. *Note Declarations::. `-nsc' `--dont-star-comments' Do not put the `*' character at the left of comments. *Note Comments::. `-nsob' `--leave-optional-blank-lines' Do not swallow optional blank lines. *Note Blank lines::. `-nss' `--dont-space-special-semicolon' Do not force a space before the semicolon after certain statements. Disables `-ss'. *Note Statements::. `-nv' `--no-verbosity' Disable verbose mode. *Note Miscellaneous options::. `-orig' `--original' Use the original Berkeley coding style. *Note Common styles::. `-npro' `--ignore-profile' Do not read `.indent.pro' files. *Note Invoking indent::. `-pcs' `--space-after-procedure-calls' Insert a space between the name of the procedure being called and the `('. *Note Statements::. `-psl' `--procnames-start-lines' Put the type of a procedure on the line before its name. *Note Declarations::. `-sc' `--start-left-side-of-comments' Put the `*' character at the left of comments. *Note Comments::. `-sob' `--swallow-optional-blank-lines' Swallow optional blank lines. *Note Blank lines::. `-ss' `--space-special-semicolon' On one-line `for' and `while' statments, force a blank before the semicolon. *Note Statements::. `-st' `--standard-output' Write to standard output. *Note Invoking indent::. Tell `indent' the name of typenames. *Note Declarations::. `-tsN' `--tab-sizeN' Set tab size to N spaces. *Note Indentation::. `--verbose' Enable verbose mode. *Note Miscellaneous options::. `-version' Output the version number of `indent'. *Note Miscellaneous options::. Options' Cross Key ------------------ Here is a list of options alphabetized by long option, to help you find the corresponding short option. --blank-lines-after-block-comments -bbb --blank-lines-after-commas -bc --blank-lines-after-declarations -bad --blank-lines-after-procedures -bap --braces-after-if-line -bl --brace-indent -bli --braces-on-if-line -br --case-indentation -cliN --comment-delimiters-on-blank-lines -cdb --comment-indentation -cN --continuation-indentation -ciN --continue-at-parentheses -lp --cuddle-else -ce --declaration-comment-column -cdN --declaration-indentation -diN --dont-break-procedure-type -npsl --dont-cuddle-else -nce --dont-format-comments -nfca --dont-format-first-column-comments -nfc1 --dont-line-up-parentheses -nlp --dont-space-special-semicolon -nss --dont-star-comments -nsc --else-endif-column -cpN --format-all-comments -fca --format-first-column-comments -fc1 --gnu-style -gnu --ignore-profile -npro --indent-level -iN --k-and-r-style -kr --leave-optional-blank-lines -nsob --leave-preprocessor-space -lps --line-comments-indentation -dN --line-length -lN --no-blank-lines-after-commas -nbc --no-blank-lines-after-declarations -nbad --no-blank-lines-after-procedures -nbap --no-comment-delimiters-on-blank-lines -ncdb --no-space-after-casts -ncs --no-parameter-indentation -nip --no-space-after-function-call-names -npcs --no-verbosity -nv --original -orig --parameter-indentation -ipN --procnames-start-lines -psl --space-after-cast -cs --space-after-procedure-calls -pcs --space-special-semicolon -ss --standard-output -st --start-left-side-of-comments -sc --swallow-optional-blank-lines -sob --tab-size -tsN --verbose -v File: indent.info, Node: Index, Prev: Option Summary, Up: Top Index ***** * Menu: * -blank-after-sizeof: Statements. * -blank-lines-after-commas: Declarations. * -blank-lines-after-declarations: -bad. * -blank-lines-after-procedures: -bap. * -brace-indentN: Statements. * -braces-after-if-line: Statements. * -braces-on-if-line: Statements. * -case-indentationN: Statements. * -comment-delimiters-on-blank-lines: Comments. * -comment-indentationN: Comments. * -continuation-indentationN: Indentation. * -continue-at-parentheses: Indentation. * -cuddle-else: Statements. * -declaration-comment-columnN: Comments. * -declaration-indentationN: Declarations. * -dont-break-procedure-type: Declarations. * -dont-cuddle-else: Statements. * -dont-format-comments: Comments. * -dont-format-first-column-comments: Comments. * -dont-line-up-parentheses: Indentation. * -dont-space-special-semicolon: Statements. * -dont-star-comments: Comments. * -else-endif-columnN: Comments. * -format-all-comments: Comments. * -format-first-column-comments: Comments. * -gnu-style: Common styles. * -ignore-profile: Invoking indent. * -indent-levelN: Indentation. * -k-and-r-style: Common styles. * -leave-optional-blank-lines: Blank lines. * -leave-preprocessor-space: Indentation. * -line-comments-indentationN: Comments. * -line-lengthN: Comments. * -no-blank-lines-after-commas: Declarations. * -no-blank-lines-after-declarations: -bad. * -no-blank-lines-after-procedures: -bap. * -no-comment-delimiters-on-blank-lines: Comments. * -no-parameter-indentation: Indentation. * -no-space-after-casts: Statements. * -no-space-after-function-call-names: Statements. * -no-verbosity: Miscellaneous options. * -original: Common styles. * -output-file: Invoking indent. * -parameter-indentationN: Indentation. * -procnames-start-lines: Declarations. * -remove-preprocessor-space: Indentation. * -space-after-cast: Statements. * -space-after-procedure-calls: Statements. * -space-special-semicolon: Statements. * -standard-output: Invoking indent. * -star-left-side-of-comments: Comments. * -swallow-optional-blank-lines: Blank lines. * -tab-sizeN: Indentation. * -verbose: Miscellaneous options. * -bad: -bad. * -bap: -bap. * -bc: Declarations. * -bl: Statements. * -bliN: Statements. * -br: Statements. * -bs: Statements. * -cN: Comments. * -cdN: Comments. * -cdb: Comments. * -ce: Statements. * -ciN: Indentation. * -cliN: Statements. * -cpN: Comments. * -cs: Statements. * -dN: Comments. * -dce: Statements. * -diN: Declarations. * -fc1: Comments. * -fca: Comments. * -gnu: Common styles. * -iN: Indentation. * -ipN: Indentation. * -kr: Common styles. * -lN: Comments. * -lp: Indentation. * -lps: Indentation. * -nbad: -bad. * -nbap: -bap. * -nbc: Declarations. * -ncdb: Comments. * -ncs: Statements. * -nfc1: Comments. * -nfca: Comments. * -nip: Indentation. * -nlp: Indentation. * -nlps: Indentation. * -npcs: Statements. * -npro: Invoking indent. * -npsl: Declarations. * -nsc: Comments. * -nsob: Blank lines. * -nss: Statements. * -nv: Miscellaneous options. * -o: Invoking indent. * -orig: Common styles. * -pcs: Statements. * -psl: Declarations. * -sc: Comments. * -sob: Blank lines. * -ss: Statements. * -st: Invoking indent. * -T: Declarations. * -tsN: Indentation. * -v: Miscellaneous options. * -version: Miscellaneous options. * etags requires -psl: Declarations. * .indent.pro file: Invoking indent. * Beginning indent: Invoking indent. * Berkeley style: Common styles. * Blank lines: Blank lines. * Comments: Comments. * GNU style: Common styles. * Initialization file: Invoking indent. * Invoking indent: Invoking indent. * Kernighan & Ritchie style: Common styles. * Long options, use of: Invoking indent. * Original Berkeley style: Common styles. * Output File Specification: Invoking indent. * Standard Output: Invoking indent. * Starting indent: Invoking indent. * Typenames: Declarations. * Using Standard Input: Invoking indent. Tag Table: Node: Top Node: Indent Program Node: Invoking indent Node: Backup files Node: Common styles Node: Blank lines Node: -bad 10168 Node: -bap 10815 Node: Comments 11676 Node: Statements 15997 Node: Declarations 18421 Node: Indentation 20038 Node: Disabling Formatting 22362 Node: Miscellaneous options 24101 Node: Bugs 24652 Node: Copyright 24964 Node: Option Summary 26344 Node: Index 35844 End Tag Table