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<h1>Artistic Style 2.06</h1>
<h2>
A Free, Fast, and Small Automatic Formatter<br />
for C, C++, C++/CLI, Objective&#8209;C, C#, and Java Source Code
</h2>
<h3 id="Contents">Contents</h3>
<p class="contents1">
<a class="contents" href="#_General_Information">General&nbsp;Information</a></p>
<p class="contents1">
<a class="contents" href="#_Quick_Start">Quick&nbsp;Start</a></p>
<p class="contents1">
<a class="contents" href="#_Usage">Usage</a></p>
<p class="contents1">
<a class="contents" href="#_Options">Options</a></p>
<p class="contents1">
<a class="contents" href="#_Options_File">Options&nbsp;File</a></p>
<p class="contents1">
<a class="contents" href="#_Disable_Formatting">Disable&nbsp;Formatting</a></p>
<p class="contents1">
<a class="contents" href="#_Bracket_Style_Options">Bracket&nbsp;Style&nbsp;Options</a></p>
<p class="contents2">
<a class="contents" href="#_default_bracket_style">default&nbsp;bracket&nbsp;style</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_style=allman">style=allman</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_style=java">style=java</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_style=kr">style=kr</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_style=stroustrup">style=stroustrup</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_style=whitesmith">style=whitesmith</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_style=vtk">style=vtk</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_style=banner">style=banner</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_style=gnu">style=gnu</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_style=linux">style=linux</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_style=horstmann">style=horstmann</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_style=1tbs">style=1tbs</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_style=google">style=google</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_style=pico">style=pico</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_style=lisp">style=lisp</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p class="contents1">
<a class="contents" href="#_Tab_Options">Tab&nbsp;Options</a></p>
<p class="contents2">
<a class="contents" href="#_default_indent">default&nbsp;indent</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_indent=spaces">indent=spaces</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_indent=tab">indent=tab</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_indent=force-tab">indent=force&#8209;tab</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_indent=force-tab-x">--indent=force&#8209;tab&#8209;x</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p class="contents1">
<a class="contents" href="#_Bracket_Modify_Options">Bracket&nbsp;Modify&nbsp;Options</a></p>
<p class="contents2">
<a class="contents" href="#_attach_namespaces">attach&#8209;namespaces</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_attach_classes">attach&#8209;classes</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_attach_inlines">attach&#8209;inlines</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_attach-extern-c">attach&#8209;extern&#8209;c</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p class="contents1">
<a class="contents" href="#_Indentation_Options">Indentation&nbsp;Options</a></p>
<p class="contents2">
<a class="contents" href="#_indent-classes">indent&#8209;classes</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_indent-modifiers">indent&#8209;modifiers</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_indent-switches">indent&#8209;switches</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_indent-cases">indent&#8209;cases</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_indent-namespaces">indent&#8209;namespaces</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_indent-labels">indent&#8209;labels</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_indent-preproc-block">indent&#8209;preproc&#8209;block</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_indent-preproc-define">indent&#8209;preproc&#8209;define</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_indent-preproc-cond">indent&#8209;preproc&#8209;cond</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_indent-col1-comments">indent&#8209;col1&#8209;comments</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_min-conditional-indent">min&#8209;conditional&#8209;indent</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_max-instatement-indent">max&#8209;instatement&#8209;indent</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</p>
<p class="contents1">
<a class="contents" href="#_Padding_Options">Padding&nbsp;Options</a></p>
<p class="contents2">
<a class="contents" href="#_break-blocks">break&#8209;blocks</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_break-blocks=all">break&#8209;blocks=all</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_pad-oper">pad&#8209;oper</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_pad-comma">pad&#8209;comma</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_pad-paren">pad&#8209;paren</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_pad-paren-out">pad&#8209;paren&#8209;out</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_pad-first-paren-out">pad&#8209;first&#8209;paren&#8209;out</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_pad-paren-in">pad&#8209;paren&#8209;in</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_pad-header">pad&#8209;header</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_unpad-paren">unpad&#8209;paren</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_delete-empty-lines">delete&#8209;empty&#8209;lines</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_fill-empty-lines">fill&#8209;empty&#8209;lines</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_align-pointer">align&#8209;pointer</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_align-reference">align&#8209;reference</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p class="contents1">
<a class="contents" href="#_Formatting_Options">Formatting&nbsp;Options</a></p>
<p class="contents2">
<a class="contents" href="#_break-closing-brackets">break&#8209;closing&#8209;brackets</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_break-elseifs">break&#8209;elseifs</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_add-brackets">add&#8209;brackets</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_add-one-line-brackets">add&#8209;one&#8209;line&#8209;brackets</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_remove-brackets">remove&#8209;brackets</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_keep-one-line-blocks">keep&#8209;one&#8209;line&#8209;blocks</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_keep-one-line-statements">keep&#8209;one&#8209;line&#8209;statements</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_convert-tabs">convert&#8209;tabs</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_close-templates">close&#8209;templates</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_remove-comment-prefix">remove&#8209;comment&#8209;prefix</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_max-code-length">max&#8209;code&#8209;length</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_max-code-length">break&#8209;after&#8209;logical</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_mode">mode</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p class="contents1">
<a class="contents" href="#_Objective_C_Options">Objective&#8209;C&nbsp;Options</a></p>
<p class="contents2">
<a class="contents" href="#_pad-method-prefix">pad&#8209;method&#8209;prefix</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_unpad-method-prefix">unpad&#8209;method&#8209;prefix</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_pad-return-type">pad&#8209;return&#8209;type</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_unpad-return-type">unpad&#8209;return&#8209;type</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_align-method-colon">align&#8209;method&#8209;colon</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_pad-method-colon">pad&#8209;method&#8209;colon</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p class="contents1">
<a class="contents" href="#_Other_Options">Other&nbsp;Options</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p class="contents2">
<a class="contents" href="#_suffix">suffix</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a class="contents" href="#_suffix=none">suffix=none</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_recursive">recursive</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_dry-run">dry-run</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_exclude">exclude</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_ignore-exclude-errors">ignore&#8209;exclude&#8209;errors</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_ignore-exclude-errors-x">ignore&#8209;exclude&#8209;errors&#8209;x</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_errors-to-stdout">errors&#8209;to&#8209;stdout</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_preserve-date">preserve&#8209;date</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_verbose">verbose</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_formatted">formatted</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_quiet">quiet</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_lineend">lineend</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p class="contents1">
<a class="contents" href="#_Command_Line_Only">Command&nbsp;Line&nbsp;Only</a></p>
<p class="contents2">
<a class="contents" href="#_options=">options</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_options=none">options=none</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_ascii">ascii</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_version">version</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_help">help</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_html">html</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a class="contents" href="#_html=">html=</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<hr />
<!-- * * * * * * * * * * * * General Information< * * * * * * * * * * * * -->
<h3 id="_General_Information">General Information</h3>
<h4>Line Endings</h4>
<p>
Line endings in the formatted file will be the same as the input file. If there are mixed line endings the most
frequent occurrence will be used. There is also an option to specify or change the line endings.</p>
<h4>File Type</h4>
<p>
Artistic Style will determine the file type from the file extension. The extension ".java" indicates a Java file,
and ".cs" indicates a C# file. Everything else is a C type file (C, C++, C++/CLI, or Objective-C). If you are
using a non-standard file extension for Java or C#, use one of the <code>--mode=</code> options.</p>
<h4>Wildcards and Recursion</h4>
<p>
Artistic Style can process directories recursively. Wildcards (such as "*.cpp" or "*.c??") are processed internally.
If a shell is used it should pass the wildcards to Artistic Style instead of resolving them first. For Linux use
double quotes around paths whose file name contains wildcards. For Windows use double quotes around paths whose
file name contains spaces. The <a href="#_recursive">recursive</a> option in the
<a href="#_Other_Options">Other Options</a> section contains information on recursive processing.</p>
<h4>File Names</h4>
<p>
When a file is formatted, the newly indented file retains the original file name. A copy of the original file
is created with an <code><strong>.orig</strong></code> appended to the original file name. (This can be set to
a different string by the option <code>--suffix=</code>, or suppressed altogether by the options <code>-n</code>
or <code>--suffix=none</code>). Thus, after indenting <code><em>SourceFile.cpp</em></code> the indented file will
be named <code><em>SourceFile.cpp</em></code>, while the original pre-indented file will be renamed to
<code><em>SourceFile.cpp.orig</em></code>.</p>
<h4>Internationalization</h4>
<p>
Artistic Style has been internationalized to process files and directories in any language.</p>
<p>
It has also been translated into several languages. The translation to use is determined from the User Locale
for Windows and the LANG environment variable for other systems. The translation will be done automatically from
these settings. If no translation is available it will default to English. There is an ascii option to use English
instead of the system language.</p>
<p>
The source code for the translations is at the end of ASLocalizer.cpp in the form of an English&#8209;Translation
pair. If you make corrections to a translation, send the source as a bug report and it will be included in the
next release.</p>
<p>
To add a new language, add a new translation class to ASLocalizer.h. Add the English&#8209;Translation pair to
the constructor in ASLocalizer.cpp. Update the WinLangCode array and add the language code to the function setTranslationClass().
The ASLocalizer.cpp program contains comments that give web pages for obtaining the LCIDs and language codes.
Send the source code as a bug report and it will be included in the next release.</p>
<h4>Other Considerations</h4>
<p>
The names of special characters used in programming vary by region. The terminology used by Artistic Style,
followed by other common names, is<strong>:</strong></p>
<blockquote>
brackets { } &#8209; also called braces, curly brackets, or curly braces.<br />
parens ( ) &#8209; also called parentheses, brackets, round brackets, circle brackets, or soft brackets.<br />
block parens [ ] &#8209; also called brackets, square brackets, closed brackets, or hard brackets.<br />
angle brackets < > &#8209; also called brackets, pointy brackets, triangular brackets, diamond brackets, tuples,
or chevrons.
</blockquote>
<p>
Visual Studio, and possibly other development environments, has an Edit option "Align Assignments" that will align
assignment operators across multiple lines. There is also an extension named "Code alignment" that will align
the code on other items as well. Formatting with these options and extensions can be used with Artistic Style.
The space padding will be maintained and the alignment will be preserved. </p>
<p>
Artistic Style can format standard class library statements such as Open GL, wxWidgets, Qt, and MFC.</p>
<p>
Embedded assembler language is formatted correctly. This includes extended assembly and Microsoft specific assembler
lines and blocks.</p>
<p>
Artistic Style can format embedded SQL statements. The SQL formatting will be maintained as long as the standard
hanging indent format is used. If the "exec sql" statement is indented more than the following statements, the
SQL will be aligned in a single column.</p>
<p>
Unicode files encoded as UTF&#8209;16, both big and little endian, will be formatted. The files must begin with
a byte order mark (BOM) to be recognized. Files encoded as UTF&#8209;32 will be rejected. Some compilers do not
support these encodings. These files can be converted to UTF&#8209;8 encoding with the program "iconv". There
are Linux and Windows versions available (the Windows version does not seem to work for all encodings). A sample
command line is "iconv &#8209;f &nbsp;UTF&#8209;16 &#8209;t UTF&#8209;8 &lt; filein.cpp &gt; fileout.cpp. Visual
Studio can convert the files from the "File &gt; Advanced Save Options" menu. Then select encoding "Unicode (UTF&#8209;8
with signature) - Codepage 65001". There are other development environments and text editors, such as SciTE, that
can convert files to UTF&#8209;8.</p>
<p>
Embedded statements that are multiple-line and are NOT in a C-type format, such as Python, are usually mal-formatted
(a C-type format has blocks enclosed by brackets and statements terminated by a semi-colon). Macros that define
functions may cause the following code to be mal-formatted because the macro is missing the brackets and semi-colons
from the definition. If you have source code with these types of statements, exclude them with the
<a href="#_exclude">exclude=####</a> option described in the <a href="#_Other_Options">Other Options</a>
section.</p>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<hr />
<!-- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Quick Start * * * * * * * * * * * * * * -->
<h3 id="_Quick_Start">Quick Start</h3>
<p>
If you have never used Artistic Style there are a couple of ways to start.</p>
<p>
One is to run it with no options at all. This will use the <a href="#_default_bracket_style">default bracket
style</a>, 4 spaces per indent, and no formatting changes. This will break the brackets for one
line blocks and will break one line statements. To change this use the option
<a href="#_keep-one-line-blocks">keep-one-line-blocks</a> and/or
<a href="#_keep-one-line-statements">keep-one-line-statements</a> described in the
<a href="#_Formatting_Options">Formatting Options</a> section</p>
<p>
Another way is to use one of the bracket styles described in the <a href="#_Bracket_Style_Options">Bracket Style
Options</a> section. Select one with a bracket formatting style you like. If no indentation option is set,
the default option of 4 spaces will be used. These options also break one line blocks and one line statements
as described above.</p>
<p>
Once you are familiar with the options you can customize the format to your personal preference.</p>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<hr />
<!-- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Usage * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * -->
<h3 id="_Usage">Usage</h3>
<p>
Artistic style is a console program that receives information from the command line. The format of the command
line is:</p>
<pre>astyle&nbsp; [OPTIONS]&nbsp; <em>SourceFile1&nbsp; SourceFile2&nbsp; SourceFile3&nbsp; [ . . . ]</em>
</pre>
<p>
The block parens [ ] indicate that more than one option or more than one file name can be entered. They are NOT
actually included in the command. For the options format see the following Options section.</p>
<div class="code">
<p class="code">
Example to format a single file:</p>
<pre>astyle --style=allman /home/user/project/foo.cpp
</pre>
<p class="code">
Example to format all .cpp and .h files recursively:</p>
<pre>astyle --style=allman --recursive /home/user/project/*.cpp /home/user/project/*.h
</pre>
</div>
<p>
The < and > characters may be used to redirect the files into standard input (stdin) and out of standard output
(stdout) - don't forget them! With this option only one file at a time can be formatted. Wildcards are not
recognized, there are no console messages, and a backup is not created. On Windows the output will always have
Windows line ends.</p>
<div class="code">
<p class="code">
Example of redirection option to format a single file and change the name:</p>
<pre>astyle --style=allman &lt; <em>OriginalSourceFile</em> &gt; <em>BeautifiedSourceFile</em>
</pre>
</div>
<div class="code">
<p class="code">
The redirection option may be used to display the formatted file without updating:</p>
<pre>astyle --style=allman &lt; <em>OriginalSourceFile</em> | less
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<hr />
<!-- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Options * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * -->
<h3 id="_Options">Options</h3>
<p>
Not specifying any options will result in the <a href="#_default_bracket_style">default bracket style</a>,
4 spaces per indent, and no formatting changes.</p>
<p>
Options may be written in two different ways.</p>
<h4>Long options</h4>
<p>
These options start with '<strong>--</strong>', and must be written one at a time.<br />
(Example: '<code>--style=allman --indent=spaces=4</code>')</p>
<h4>Short Options</h4>
<p>
These options start with a single '<strong>-</strong>', and may be concatenated together.<br />
(Example: '<code>-bps4</code>' is the same as writing '<code>-b -p -s4</code>'.)</p>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<hr />
<!-- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Options File * * * * * * * * * * * * * * -->
<h3 id="_Options_File">Options File</h3>
<p>
An OPTIONAL default options file may be used to supplement or replace the command line options.&nbsp;</p>
<ul>
<li>The command line options have precedence. If there is a conflict between a command line option and an option in
the default options file, the command line option will be used.
</li>
<li>Artistic Style looks for this file in the following locations (in order):
<ol>
<li>the file indicated by the --options= command line option;</li>
<li>the file and directory indicated by the environment variable ARTISTIC_STYLE_OPTIONS (if it exists);</li>
<li>the file named .astylerc in the directory pointed to by the HOME environment variable (e.g. "$HOME/.astylerc"
on Linux);
</li>
<li>the file named astylerc in the directory pointed to by the USERPROFILE environment variable (e.g. "%USERPROFILE%\astylerc"
on Windows).
</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>This option file lookup can be disabled by specifying --options=none on the command line.</li>
<li>Options may be set apart by new-lines, tabs, commas, or spaces.</li>
<li>Long options in the options file may be written without the preceding '--'.</li>
<li>Lines within the options file that begin with '#' are considered line-comments.</li>
</ul>
<p>
Example of a default options file:</p>
<div class="code">
<pre><span class="comment"># this line is a comment</span>
--style=allman <span class="comment"># this is a line-end comment</span>
<span class="comment"># long options can be written without the preceding '--'</span>
indent-switches <span class="comment"># cannot do this on the command line</span>
<span class="comment"># short options must have the preceding '-'</span>
-t -p
<span class="comment"># short options can be concatenated together</span>
-M60Ucv</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<hr />
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<h3 id="_Disable_Formatting">Disable Formatting</h3>
<p>
Formatting and indenting can be disabled with comment tags inserted in the source code.</p>
<h4>Disable Block</h4>
<p>
Blocks of code can be disabled using &quot;off&quot; and &quot;on&quot; tags. The tags are included in the source
file as comments. The comment may be a C comment (/* ... */) or a C++ line comment (//). The tag must be included
in a single line comment. If the comment exceeds one line the indent tag will be ignored. Additional information
can be included with the tag.</p>
<p>
The beginning tag is &quot;*INDENT-OFF*&quot; and the ending tag is &quot;*INDENT-ON*&quot;.
They may be used anywhere in the program with the following condition; parsing is partially disabled between the
tags. Disabling partial statements may result in incorrect formatting after the ending tag. If this happens expand
the tags to include additional code.</p>
<div class="code">
<p class="code">
The following retains the format of a preprocessor define:</p>
<pre><span class="comment">// *INDENT-OFF*</span>
#define FOO_DECLARE_int32_(name) \
FOO_API_ extern ::Int32 FOO_FLAG(name)
<span class="comment">// *INDENT-ON*</span></pre>
</div>
<h4>Disable Line</h4>
<p>
Artistic Style cannot always determine the usage of symbols with more than one meaning. For example an asterisk
(*) can be multiplication, a pointer, or a pointer dereference. The &quot;&amp;&quot; and &quot;&amp;&amp;&quot;
symbols are a similar
problem.</p>
<p>
If a symbol is being padded incorrectly, padding it manually may fix the problem. If it is still being
padded incorrectly, then disabling the formatting may be necessary. To avoid having to use the &quot;disable block&quot;
tags above, a single line disable is available.</p>
<p>
A line-end comment tag &quot;*NOPAD* will disable the &quot;pad-oper&quot;, &quot;align-pointer&quot;, and &quot;align-reference&quot;
options. Parsing does NOT stop and all other formatting will be applied to the line. The tag applies to the
one line only.</p>
<div class="code">
<p class="code">
The following prevents the operator padding from changing:</p>
<pre>size_t foo = (unsigned int) -1; // *NOPAD*</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<hr />
<!-- * * * * * * * * * * * * Bracket Style Options * * * * * * * * * * * * -->
<h3 id="_Bracket_Style_Options">Bracket Style Options</h3>
<p>
Bracket Style options define the bracket style to use. All options default to 4 spaces per indent, indented with
spaces. By default, none of the styles indent namespaces. Other indentations are indicated in the individual style
description. All options will break the brackets for one line blocks and will break one line statements. To change
this use the option <a href="#_keep-one-line-blocks">keep-one-line-blocks</a> and/or <a href="#_keep-one-line-statements">
keep-one-line-statements</a> described in the <a href="#_Formatting_Options">Formatting Options</a>
section.</p>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_default_bracket_style">
<code class="title">default bracket style</code><br />
If no bracket style is requested, the default bracket style will be used. The opening brackets are not changed
and the closing brackets will be broken from the preceding line. There are a few exceptions to this.</p>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_style=allman">
<code class="title">--style=allman / --style=bsd / --style=break / -A1</code><br />
Allman style uses broken brackets.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>int Foo(bool isBar)
<span class="brace">{</span>
if (isBar)
<span class="brace">{</span>
bar();
return 1;
<span class="brace">}</span>
else
return 0;
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_style=java">
<code class="title">--style=java / --style=attach / -A2</code><br />
Java style uses attached brackets.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>int Foo(bool isBar) <span class="brace">{</span>
if (isBar) <span class="brace">{</span>
bar();
return 1;
<span class="brace">}</span> else
return 0;
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_style=kr">
<code class="title">--style=kr / --style=k&amp;r / --style=k/r / -A3</code><br />
Kernighan &amp; Ritchie style uses linux brackets. Opening brackets are broken from namespaces, classes, and function
definitions. Brackets are attached to everything else including statements within a function, arrays, structs,
and enums.</p>
<p>
Using the k&amp;r option may cause problems because of the &amp;. This can be resolved by enclosing the k&amp;r
in quotes (e.g. &#8209;&#8209;style="k&amp;r") or by using one of the alternates &#8209;&#8209;style=kr or
&#8209;&#8209;style=k/r.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>int Foo(bool isBar)
<span class="brace">{</span>
if (isBar) <span class="brace">{</span>
bar();
return 1;
<span class="brace">}</span> else
return 0;
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_style=stroustrup">
<code class="title">--style=stroustrup / -A4</code><br />
Stroustrup style uses stroustrup brackets. Brackets are broken from function definitions only. Brackets are attached
to everything else including namespaces, classes, and statements within a function, arrays, structs, and enums.
This style frequently is used with an indent of 5 spaces.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>int Foo(bool isBar)
<span class="brace">{</span>
if (isBar) <span class="brace">{</span>
bar();
return 1;
<span class="brace">}</span> else
return 0;
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_style=whitesmith">
<code class="title">--style=whitesmith / -A5</code><br />
Whitesmith style uses broken, indented brackets. Switch blocks and class blocks are indented to prevent a 'hanging
indent' with following case statements and C++ class modifiers (public, private, protected).&nbsp;</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>int Foo(bool isBar)
<span class="brace">{</span>
if (isBar)
<span class="brace">{</span>
bar();
return 1;
<span class="brace">}</span>
else
return 0;
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_style=vtk">
<code class="title">--style=vtk / -A15</code><br />
VTK (Visualization Toolkit) style uses broken, indented brackets, except for the opening bracket. Switch blocks
are indented to prevent a 'hanging indent' with following case statements.&nbsp;</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>int Foo(bool isBar)
<span class="brace">{</span>
if (isBar)
<span class="brace">{</span>
bar();
return 1;
<span class="brace">}</span>
else
return 0;
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_style=banner">
<code class="title">--style=banner / -A6</code><br />
Banner style uses attached, indented brackets. Switch blocks and class blocks are indented to prevent a 'hanging
indent' with following case statements and C++ class modifiers (public, private, protected).&nbsp;</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>int Foo(bool isBar) <span class="brace">{</span>
if (isBar) <span class="brace">{</span>
bar();
return 1;
<span class="brace">}</span>
else
return 0;
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_style=gnu">
<code class="title">--style=gnu / -A7</code><br />
GNU style uses broken brackets and indented blocks. This style frequently is used with
an indent of 2 spaces.</p>
<p>
Extra indentation is added to blocks <strong>within a function</strong>. The opening bracket for namespaces, classes,
and functions is not indented.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>int Foo(bool isBar)
<span class="brace">{</span>
if (isBar)
<span class="brace">{</span>
bar();
return 1;
<span class="brace">}</span>
else
return 0;
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_style=linux">
<code class="title">--style=linux / --style=knf / -A8</code><br />
Linux style uses linux brackets. Opening brackets are broken from namespace, class, and function
definitions. Brackets are attached to everything else including statements within a function, arrays, structs,
and enums. <strong>Minimum conditional indent</strong> is one-half indent. If you want a different minimum conditional
indent use the K&amp;R style instead. This style works best with a large indent. It frequently is used with an
indent of 8 spaces.</p>
<p>
Also known as Kernel Normal Form (KNF) style, this is the style used in the Linux kernel.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>int Foo(bool isBar)
<span class="brace">{</span>
if (isFoo) <span class="brace">{</span>
bar();
return 1;
<span class="brace">}</span> else
return 0;
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_style=horstmann">
<code class="title">--style=horstmann / -A9</code><br />
Horstmann style uses run-in brackets. Brackets are broken and allow run-in statements. Switches are indented to
allow a run-in to the opening switch block. This style frequently is used with an indent of 3 spaces.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>int Foo(bool isBar)
<span class="brace">{</span> if (isBar)
<span class="brace">{</span> bar();
return 1;
<span class="brace">}</span>
else
return 0;
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_style=1tbs">
<code class="title">--style=1tbs / --style=otbs / -A10</code><br />
"One True Brace Style" uses linux brackets and adds brackets to unbracketed one line conditional
statements. Opening brackets are broken from namespaces, classes, and function definitions. Brackets are attached
to everything else including statements within a function, arrays, structs, and enums.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
In the following example brackets have been added to the "<code>return 0;</code>" statement. The option
&#8209;&#8209;add&#8209;one&#8209;line&#8209;brackets can also be used with this style.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>int Foo(bool isBar)
<span class="brace">{</span>
if (isFoo) <span class="brace">{</span>
bar();
return 1;
<span class="brace">}</span> else <span class="brace">{</span>
return 0;
<span class="brace">}</span>
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_style=google">
<code class="title">--style=google / -A14</code><br />
Google style uses attached brackets and indented class access modifiers.&nbsp;See the indent-modifiers
option for an example of the indented modifiers format. This style frequently is used with an indent of
2 spaces.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>int Foo(bool isBar) <span class="brace">{</span>
if (isBar) <span class="brace">{</span>
bar();
return 1;
<span class="brace">}</span> else
return 0;
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_style=pico">
<code class="title">--style=pico / -A11</code><br />
Pico style uses run-in brackets and attached closing brackets. Opening brackets are broken
and allow run-in statements. The closing bracket is attached to the last line in the block. Switches are indented
to allow a run-in to the opening switch block. The style implies keep-one-line-blocks and keep-one-line-statements.
If add-brackets is used they will be added as one-line brackets. This style frequently is used with an indent
of 2 spaces.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>int Foo(bool isBar)
<span class="brace">{</span> if (isBar)
<span class="brace">{</span> bar();
return 1; <span class="brace">}</span>
else
return 0; <span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_style=lisp">
<code class="title">--style=lisp / --style=python / -A12</code><br />
Lisp style uses attached opening and closing brackets. Opening brackets are attached at the
end of the statement. The closing bracket is attached to the last line in the block. The style implies keep-one-line-statements
but NOT keep-one-line-blocks. This style does not support one-line brackets. If add-one-line-brackets is used
they will be added as multiple-line brackets.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>int Foo(bool isBar) <span class="brace">{</span>
if (isBar) <span class="brace">{
</span> bar()
return 1; <span class="brace">}
</span> else
return 0; <span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<hr />
<!-- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Tab Options * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * -->
<h3 id="_Tab_Options">Tab Options</h3>
<p>
The following examples show whitespace characters. A space is indicated with a <strong>.</strong> (dot), a tab
is indicated by a &gt; (greater than).</p>
<p id="_default_indent">
<code class="title">default indent</code><br />
If no indentation option is set, the default option of 4 spaces will be used (e.g. <code>-s<span class="option">4</span>
--indent=spaces=<span class="option">4</span>
</code>).</p>
<div class="code">
<p class="code">
with default values:</p>
<pre>void Foo() <span class="brace">{</span>
....if (isBar1
............&amp;&amp; isBar2) <span class="comment">// indent of this line can be changed with min-conditional-indent</span>
........bar();
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_indent=spaces">
<code class="title">--indent=spaces / --indent=spaces=<span class="option">#</span> / -s<span class="option">#</span></code><br />
Indent using # <strong>spaces</strong> per indent (e.g. <code>-s<span class="option">3</span></code> <code>--indent=spaces=<span
class="option">3</span>
</code>). # must be between 2 and 20. Not specifying # will result in a default of
4 spaces per indent.</p>
<div class="code">
<p class="code">
with indent=spaces=3</p>
<pre>void Foo() <span class="brace">{</span>
...if (isBar1
.........&amp;&amp; isBar2) <span class="comment">// indent of this line can be changed with min-conditional-indent</span>
......bar();
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_indent=tab">
<code class="title">--indent=tab / --indent=tab=<span class="option">#</span> / -t / -t<span class="option">#</span></code><br />
Indent using <strong>tabs for indentation, and spaces for continuation line alignment</strong>. This ensures that
the code is displayed correctly&nbsp; regardless of the viewer&#8217;s tab size. Treat each indent as # spaces
(e.g. <code>-t<span class="option">6</span></code> / <code>--indent=tab=<span class="option">6</span></code>).
# must be between 2 and 20. If no # is set, treats indents as 4 spaces.</p>
<div class="code">
<p class="code">
with indent=tab:</p>
<pre>void Foo() <span class="brace">{</span>
&gt; if (isBar1
&gt; ........&amp;&amp; isBar2) <span class="comment">// indent of this line can be changed with min-conditional-indent</span>
&gt; &gt; bar();
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="code">
with style=linux, indent=tab=8:</p>
<pre>void Foo()
<span class="brace">{</span>
&gt; if (isBar1
&gt; ....&amp;&amp; isBar2) <span class="comment">// indent of this line can NOT be changed with style=linux</span>
&gt; &gt; bar();
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_indent=force-tab">
<code class="title">--indent=force-tab / --indent=force-tab=<span class="option">#</span> / -T / -T<span class="option">#</span></code><br />
Indent using <strong>all tab</strong> characters, if possible. If a continuation line is not an even number of
tabs, spaces will be added at the end. Treat each tab as # spaces (e.g. <code>-T<span class="option">6</span></code>
/ <code>--indent=<span lang="en-us">force-</span>tab=<span class="option">6</span></code>). # must be between
2 and 20. If no # is set, treats tabs as 4 spaces.</p>
<div class="code">
<p class="code">
with indent=force-tab:</p>
<pre>void Foo() <span class="brace">{</span>
&gt; if (isBar1
&gt; &gt; &gt; &amp;&amp; isBar2) <span class="comment">// indent of this line can be changed with min-conditional-indent</span>
&gt; &gt; bar();
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_indent=force-tab-x">
<code class="title">--indent=force-tab-x / --indent=force-tab-x=<span class="option">#</span> / -xT / -xT<span
class="option">#</span>
</code><br />
This force-tab option allows the tab length to be set to a length that is different than the indent length. This
may cause the indentation to be <strong>a mix of both tabs and spaces.</strong> Tabs will be used to indent, if
possible. If a tab indent cannot be used, spaces will be used instead.</p>
<p>
This option sets the <strong>tab length.</strong> Treat each tab as # spaces (e.g. <code>-xT<span class="option">6</span></code>
/ <code>--indent=<span lang="en-us">force-</span>tab-x=<span class="option">6</span></code>). # must be between
2 and 20. If no # is set, treats tabs as 8 spaces. To change the <strong>indent length</strong> from the default
of 4 spaces the option "indent=force-tab" must also be used.</p>
<div class="code">
<p class="code">
with indent=force-tab-x (default tab length of 8 and default indent length of 4):</p>
<pre>void Foo() <span class="brace">{</span>
....if (isBar1
&gt; ....&amp;&amp; isBar2) <span class="comment">// indent of this line can be changed with min-conditional-indent</span>
> bar();
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<hr />
<!-- * * * * * * * * * * * * Bracket Modify Options * * * * * * * * * * * * -->
<h3 id="_Bracket_Modify_Options">Bracket Modify Options</h3>
<p id="_attach_namespaces">
<code class="title">--attach-namespaces / -xn</code><br />
Attach brackets to a namespace statement. This is done regardless of the bracket style being used.</p>
<div class="code">
<p class="code">
the bracket is always attached to a namespace statement:</p>
<pre>namespace FooName <span class="brace">{</span>
...
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_attach_classes">
<code class="title">--attach-classes / -xc</code><br />
Attach brackets to a class statement. This is done regardless of the bracket style being used.</p>
<div class="code">
<p class="code">
the bracket is always attached to a class statement:</p>
<pre>class FooClass <span class="brace">{</span>
...
<span class="brace">}</span>;
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_attach_inlines">
<code class="title">--attach-inlines / -xl</code><br />
Attach brackets to class and struct inline function definitions. This is not done for run-in type brackets
(Horstmann and Pico styles). This option is effective for C++ files only.</p>
<div class="code">
<p class="code">
all brackets are always attached to class and struct inline function definitions:</p>
<pre>class FooClass
<span class="brace">{</span>
void Foo() <span class="brace">{</span>
...
<span class="brace"> }</span>
<span class="brace">}</span>;
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_attach-extern-c">
<code class="title">--attach-extern-c / -xk</code><br />
Attach brackets to a bracketed extern "C" statement. This is done regardless of the bracket style being used.
This option is effective for C++ files only.</p>
<p>
An extern "C" statement that is part of a function definition is formatted according to the requested bracket
style. Bracketed extern "C" statements are unaffected by the bracket style and this option is the only way to
change them.</p>
<div class="code">
<p class="code">
this option attaches brackets to a bracketed extern "C" statement:</p>
<pre>#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" <span class="brace">{</span>
#endif
</pre>
<p class="code">
but function definitions are formatted according to the requested bracket style:</p>
<pre>extern "C" EXPORT void STDCALL Foo()
<span class="brace">{}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<hr />
<!-- * * * * * * * * * * * * * Indentation Options * * * * * * * * * * * * * -->
<h3 id="_Indentation_Options">Indentation Options</h3>
<p id="_indent-classes">
<code class="title">--indent-classes / -C</code><br />
Indent '<code>class</code>' and '<code>struct</code>' blocks so that the entire block is indented. The struct
blocks are indented only if an access modifier, '<code>public:</code>', '<code>protected:</code>' or '<code>private:</code>',
is declared somewhere in the struct. This option is effective for C++ files only.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>class Foo
<span class="brace">{</span>
public:
Foo();
virtual ~Foo();
<span class="brace">}</span>;
</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes:</p>
<pre>class Foo
<span class="brace">{</span>
public:
Foo();
virtual ~Foo();
<span class="brace">}</span>;
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_indent-modifiers">
<code class="title">--indent-modifiers / -xG</code><br />
Indent '<code>class</code>' and '<code>struct</code>' access modifiers, '<code>public:</code>', '<code>protected:</code>'
and '<code>private:</code>', one half indent. The rest of the class is not indented. This option is effective
for C++ files only. If used with indent&#8209;classes this option will be ignored.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>class Foo
<span class="brace">{</span>
public:
Foo();
virtual ~Foo();
<span class="brace">}</span>;
</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes:</p>
<pre>class Foo
<span class="brace">{</span>
public:
Foo();
virtual ~Foo();
<span class="brace">}</span>;
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_indent-switches">
<code class="title">--indent-switches / -S</code><br />
Indent '<code>switch</code>' blocks so that the '<code>case X:</code>' statements are indented in the <code>switch</code>
block. The entire case block is indented.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>switch (foo)
<span class="brace">{</span>
case 1:
a += 1;
break;
case 2:
<span class="brace">{</span>
a += 2;
break;
<span class="brace">}</span>
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes:</p>
<pre>switch (foo)
<span class="brace">{</span>
case 1:
a += 1;
break;
case 2:
<span class="brace">{</span>
a += 2;
break;
<span class="brace">}</span>
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_indent-cases">
<code class="title">--indent-cases / -K</code><br />
Indent '<code>case X:</code>' blocks from the '<code>case X:</code>' headers. Case statements not enclosed in
blocks are NOT indented.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>switch (foo)
<span class="brace">{</span>
case 1:
a += 1;
break;
case 2:
<span class="brace">{</span>
a += 2;
break;
<span class="brace">}</span>
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes:</p>
<pre>switch (foo)
<span class="brace">{</span>
case 1:
a += 1;
break;
case 2:
<span class="brace">{</span>
a += 2;
break;
<span class="brace">}</span>
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_indent-namespaces">
<code class="title">--indent-namespaces / -N</code><br />
Add extra indentation to namespace blocks. This option has no effect on Java files.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>namespace foospace
<span class="brace">{</span>
class Foo
<span class="brace">{</span>
public:
Foo();
virtual ~Foo();
<span class="brace">}</span>;
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes:</p>
<pre>namespace foospace
<span class="brace">{</span>
class Foo
<span class="brace">{</span>
public:
Foo();
virtual ~Foo();
<span class="brace">}</span>;
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_indent-labels">
<code class="title">--indent-labels / -L</code><br />
Add extra indentation to labels so they appear 1 indent less than the current indentation, rather than being flushed
to the left (the default).</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>void Foo() <span class="brace">{</span>
while (isFoo) <span class="brace">{</span>
if (isFoo)
goto error;
...
error:
...
<span class="brace">}</span>
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes (with indented 'error:'):</p>
<pre>void Foo() <span class="brace">{</span>
while (isFoo) <span class="brace">{</span>
if (isFoo)
goto error;
...
error:
...
<span class="brace">}</span>
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_indent-preproc-block">
<code class="title">--indent-preproc-block / -xW</code><br />
Indent preprocessor blocks at bracket level zero, and immediately within a namespace. There are restrictions on
what will be indented. Blocks within methods, classes, arrays, etc, will not be indented. Blocks containing brackets
or multi-line define statements will not be indented. Without this option the preprocessor block is not
indented.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>#ifdef _WIN32
#include &lt;windows.h&gt;
#ifndef NO_EXPORT
#define EXPORT
#endif
#endif
</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes:</p>
<pre>#ifdef _WIN32
#include &lt;windows.h&gt;
#ifndef NO_EXPORT
#define EXPORT
#endif
#endif
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_indent-preproc-define">
<code class="title">--indent-preproc-define / -w</code><br />
Indent multi-line preprocessor definitions ending with a backslash. Should be used with --convert-tabs for proper
results. Does a pretty good job, but cannot perform miracles in obfuscated preprocessor definitions. Without this
option the preprocessor statements remain unchanged.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>#define Is_Bar(arg,a,b) \
(Is_Foo((arg), (a)) \
|| Is_Foo((arg), (b)))
</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes:</p>
<pre>#define Is_Bar(arg,a,b) \
(Is_Foo((arg), (a)) \
|| Is_Foo((arg), (b)))
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_indent-preproc-cond">
<code class="title">--indent-preproc-cond / -xw</code><br />
Indent preprocessor conditional statements to the same level as the source code.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre> isFoo = true;
#ifdef UNICODE
text = wideBuff;
#else
text = buff;
#endif</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes:</p>
<pre> isFoo = true;
#ifdef UNICODE
text = wideBuff;
#else
text = buff;
#endif
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_indent-col1-comments">
<code class="title">--indent-col1-comments / -Y</code><br />
Indent C++ comments beginning in column one. By default C++ comments beginning in column one are
assumed to be commented&#8209;out code and not indented. This option will allow the comments to be indented with
the code.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>void Foo()\n"
<span class="brace">{</span>
<span class="comment">// comment</span>
if (isFoo)
bar();
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes:</p>
<pre>void Foo()\n"
<span class="brace">{</span>
<span class="comment">// comment</span>
if (isFoo)
bar();
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_min-conditional-indent">
<code class="title">--min-conditional-indent=<span class="option">#</span> / -m<span class="option">#</span></code><br />
Set the minimal indent that is added when a header is built of multiple lines. This indent helps to easily separate
the header from the command statements that follow. The value for <span class="option"><strong>#</strong></span>
indicates a <strong>number of indents</strong> and is a minimum value. The indent may be greater to align with
the data on the previous line.<br />
The valid values are:<br />
0 - no minimal indent. The lines will be aligned with the paren on the preceding line.<br />
1 - indent at least one additional indent.<br />
2 - indent at least two additional indents.<br />
3 - indent at least one-half an additional indent. This is intended for large indents (e.g. 8).<br />
The default value is <strong>2</strong>, two additional indents.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre><span class="comment">// default setting makes this non-bracketed code clear</span>
if (a &lt; b
|| c &gt; d)
foo++;
<span class="comment">// but creates an exaggerated indent in this bracketed code</span>
if (a &lt; b
|| c &gt; d)
<span class="brace">{</span>
foo++;
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes (when setting
<strong><code>--min-conditional-indent=<span class="option">0</span></code></strong>):</p>
<pre><span class="comment">// setting makes this non-bracketed code less clear</span>
if (a &lt; b
|| c &gt; d)
foo++;
<span class="comment">// but makes this bracketed code clearer</span>
if (a &lt; b
|| c &gt; d)
<span class="brace">{</span>
foo++;
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_max-instatement-indent">
<code class="title">--max-instatement-indent=<span class="option">#</span> / -M<span class="option">#</span></code><br />
Set the &nbsp;maximum of <span class="option">#</span> spaces to indent a continuation line. The <span class="option">
<strong>#</strong></span> indicates a number of columns and must not be less than <strong>40</strong> nor
greater than <strong>120</strong>. If no value is set, the default value of <strong>40</strong> will be
used. This option will prevent continuation lines from extending too far to the right. Setting a larger value
will allow the code to be extended further to the right.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>fooArray[] = <span class="brace">{</span> red,
green,
blue <span class="brace">}</span>;
fooFunction(barArg1,
barArg2,
barArg3);
</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes (with larger value):</p>
<pre>fooArray[] = <span class="brace">{</span> red,
green,
blue <span class="brace">}</span>;
fooFunction(barArg1,
barArg2,
barArg3);
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<hr />
<!-- * * * * * * * * * * * * * Padding Options * * * * * * * * * * * * * -->
<h3 id="_Padding_Options">Padding Options</h3>
<p id="_break-blocks">
<code class="title">--break-blocks / -f</code><br />
Pad empty lines around header blocks (e.g. '<code>if</code>', '<code>for</code>',
'<code>while</code>'...).</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>isFoo = true;
if (isFoo) <span class="brace">{</span>
bar();
<span class="brace">}</span> else <span class="brace">{</span>
anotherBar();
<span class="brace">}</span>
isBar = false;
</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes:</p>
<pre>isFoo = true;
if (isFoo) <span class="brace">{</span>
bar();
<span class="brace">}</span> else <span class="brace">{</span>
anotherBar();
<span class="brace">}</span>
isBar = false;
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_break-blocks=all">
<code class="title">--break-blocks=all / -F</code><br />
Pad empty lines around header blocks (e.g. '<code>if</code>', '<code>for</code>', '<code>while</code>'...). Treat
closing header blocks (e.g. '<code>else</code>', '<code>catch</code>') as stand-alone blocks.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>isFoo = true;
if (isFoo) <span class="brace">{</span>
bar();
<span class="brace">}</span> else <span class="brace">{</span>
anotherBar();
<span class="brace">}</span>
isBar = false;
</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes:</p>
<pre>isFoo = true;
if (isFoo) <span class="brace">{</span>
bar();
<span class="brace">}</span> else <span class="brace">{</span>
anotherBar();
<span class="brace">}</span>
isBar = false;
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_pad-oper">
<code class="title">--pad-oper / -p </code><br />
Insert space padding around operators. This will also pad commas. Any end of line comments will remain in the
original column, if possible. Note that there is no option to unpad. Once padded, they stay padded.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>if (foo==2)
a=bar((b-c)*a,d--);
</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes:</p>
<pre>if (foo == 2)
a = bar((b - c) * a, d--);
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_pad-comma">
<code class="title">--pad-comma / -xg </code><br />
Insert space padding after commas. This is not needed if pad-oper is used. Any end of line comments will
remain in the original column, if possible. Note that there is no option to unpad. Once padded, they
stay padded.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>if (isFoo(a,b)
bar(a,b);
</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes:</p>
<pre>if (isFoo(a, b)
bar(a, b);
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_pad-paren">
<code class="title">--pad-paren / -P </code>
<br />
Insert space padding around parenthesis on both the <strong>outside</strong> and the <strong>inside</strong>.
Any end of line comments will remain in the original column, if possible.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>if (isFoo((a+2), b))
bar(a, b);
</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes:</p>
<pre>if ( isFoo ( ( a+2 ), b ) )
bar ( a, b );
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_pad-paren-out">
<code class="title">--pad-paren-out / -d </code>
<br />
Insert space padding around parenthesis on the <strong>outside</strong> only. Parentheses that are empty will
not be padded. Any end of line comments will remain in the original column, if possible. This can be used with
unpad-paren below to remove unwanted spaces.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>if (isFoo((a+2), b))
bar(a, b);
</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes:</p>
<pre>if (isFoo ( (a+2), b) )
bar (a, b);
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_pad-first-paren-out">
<code class="title">--pad-first-paren-out / -xd </code>
<br />
Insert space padding around the <strong>first</strong> parenthesis in a series on the <strong>outside</strong>
only. Parentheses that are empty will not be padded. Any end of line comments will remain in the original column,
if possible. This can be used with unpad-paren below to remove unwanted spaces. If used with pad&#8209;paren or
pad&#8209;paren&#8209;out, this option will be ignored. If used with pad&#8209;paren&#8209;in, the result will
be the same as pad&#8209;paren.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>if (isFoo((a+2), b))
bar(a, b);
</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes:</p>
<pre>if (isFoo ((a+2), b))
bar (a, b);
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_pad-paren-in">
<code class="title">--pad-paren-in / -D </code>
<br />
Insert space padding around parenthesis on the <strong>inside</strong> only. Any end of line comments will remain
in the original column, if possible. This can be used with unpad-paren below to remove unwanted spaces.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>if (isFoo((a+2), b))
bar(a, b);
</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes:</p>
<pre>if ( isFoo( ( a+2 ), b ) )
bar( a, b );
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_pad-header">
<code class="title">--pad-header / -H </code>
<br />
Insert space padding between a header (e.g. '<code>if</code>', '<code>for</code>', '<code>while</code>'...)
and the following paren. Any end of line comments will remain in the original column, if possible. This can
be used with unpad-paren to remove unwanted spaces.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>if(isFoo((a+2), b))
bar(a, b);</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes:</p>
<pre>if (isFoo((a+2), b))
bar(a, b);
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_unpad-paren">
<code class="title">--unpad-paren / -U </code>
<br />
Remove extra space padding around parenthesis on the inside and outside. Any end of line comments will remain
in the original column, if possible. This option can be used in combination with the paren padding options <code>pad&#8209;paren</code>,
<code>pad&#8209;paren&#8209;out</code>, <code>pad&#8209;paren&#8209;in</code>, and <code>pad&#8209;header</code>
above. Only padding that has not been requested by other options will be removed.</p>
<p>
For example, if a source has parens padded on both the inside and outside, and you want inside only. You need
to use <code>unpad-paren</code> to remove the outside padding, and <code>pad&#8209;paren&#8209;in</code> to
retain the inside padding. Using only <code>pad&#8209;paren&#8209;in</code> would not remove the outside
padding.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>if ( isFoo( ( a+2 ), b ) )
bar ( a, b );
</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes (with no padding option requested):</p>
<pre>if(isFoo((a+2), b))
bar(a, b);
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_delete-empty-lines">
<code class="title">--delete-empty-lines / -xe</code><br />
Delete empty lines within a function or method. Empty lines outside of functions or methods are NOT deleted. If
used with break-blocks or break-blocks=all it will delete all lines EXCEPT the lines added by the break-blocks
options.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>void Foo()
<span class="brace">{</span>
foo1 = 1;
foo2 = 2;
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes:</p>
<pre>void Foo()
<span class="brace">{</span>
foo1 = 1;
foo2 = 2;
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_fill-empty-lines">
<code class="title">--fill-empty-lines / -E</code><br />
Fill empty lines with the white space of the previous line.</p>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_align-pointer">
<code class="title">--align-pointer=type&nbsp;&nbsp; / -k1<br />
--align-pointer=middle / -k2<br />
--align-pointer=name&nbsp;&nbsp; / -k3
</code><br />
Attach a pointer or reference operator (*, &amp;, or ^) to either the variable type (left) or variable name (right),
or place it between the type and name (middle). The spacing between the type and name will be preserved, if possible.
This option is for C/C++, C++/CLI, and C# files. To format references separately use the following align-reference
option.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>char* foo1;
char &amp; foo2;
String ^s1;</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes (with align-pointer=type):</p>
<pre>char* foo1;
char&amp; foo2;
String^ s1;</pre>
</div>
<div class="code">
<pre>char* foo1;
char &amp; foo2;
String ^s1;</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes (with align-pointer=middle):</p>
<pre>char * foo1;
char &amp; foo2;
String ^ s1;</pre>
</div>
<div class="code">
<pre>char* foo1;
char &amp; foo2;
String ^s1;</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes (with align-pointer=name):</p>
<pre>char *foo1;
char &amp;foo2;
String ^s1;</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_align-reference">
<code class="title">--align-reference=none&nbsp;&nbsp; / -W0<br />
--align-reference=type&nbsp;&nbsp; / -W1<br />
--align-reference=middle / -W2<br />
--align-reference=name&nbsp;&nbsp; / -W3
</code><br />
This option will align references separate from pointers. Pointers are not changed by this option. If pointers
and references are to be aligned the same, use the previous align-pointer option. The option align-reference=none
will not change the reference alignment. The other options are the same as for align-pointer. This option is for
C/C++, C++/CLI, and C# files.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>char &amp;foo1;</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes (with align-reference=type):</p>
<pre>char&amp; foo1;</pre>
</div>
<div class="code">
<pre>char&amp; foo2;</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes (with align-reference=middle):</p>
<pre>char &amp; foo2;</pre>
</div>
<div class="code">
<pre>char& foo3;</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes (with align-reference=name):</p>
<pre>char &amp;foo3;</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<hr />
<!-- * * * * * * * * * * * * * Formatting Options * * * * * * * * * * * * * -->
<h3 id="_Formatting_Options">Formatting Options</h3>
<p id="_break-closing-brackets">
<code class="title">--break-closing-brackets / -y </code>
<br />
When used with --style=java, --style=kr, --style=stroustrup, --style=linux, or --style=1tbs, this breaks closing
headers (e.g. 'else', 'catch', ...) from their immediately preceding closing brackets. Closing header brackets
are always broken with the other styles.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>void Foo(bool isFoo) <span class="brace">{</span>
if (isFoo) <span class="brace">{</span>
bar();
<span class="brace">}</span> else <span class="brace">{</span>
anotherBar();
<span class="brace">}</span>
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes (a broken 'else'):</p>
<pre>void Foo(bool isFoo) <span class="brace">{</span>
if (isFoo) <span class="brace">{</span>
bar();
<span class="brace">}</span>
else <span class="brace">{</span>
anotherBar();
<span class="brace">}</span>
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_break-elseifs">
<code class="title">--break-elseifs / -e</code><br />
Break "else if" header combinations into separate lines. This option has no effect if keep-one-line-statements
is used, the "else if" statements will remain as they are.</p>
<p>
If this option is NOT used, "else if" header combinations will be placed on a single line.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>if (isFoo) <span class="brace">{</span>
bar();
<span class="brace">}</span>
else if (isFoo1()) <span class="brace">{</span>
bar1();
<span class="brace">}</span>
else if (isFoo2()) <span class="brace">{</span>
bar2;
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes:</p>
<pre>if (isFoo) <span class="brace">{</span>
bar();
<span class="brace">}</span>
else
if (isFoo1()) <span class="brace">{</span>
bar1();
<span class="brace">}</span>
else
if (isFoo2()) <span class="brace">{</span>
bar2();
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_add-brackets">
<code class="title">--add-brackets / -j </code>
<br />
Add brackets to unbracketed one line conditional statements (e.g. '<code>if</code>', '<code>for</code>',
'<code>while</code>'...). The statement must be on a single line. The brackets will be added according to
the currently requested predefined style or bracket type. If no style or bracket type is requested the brackets
will be attached. If --add-one-line-brackets is also used the result will be one line brackets.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>if (isFoo)
isFoo = false;
</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes:</p>
<pre>if (isFoo) <span class="brace">{</span>
isFoo = false;
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_add-one-line-brackets">
<code class="title">--add-one-line-brackets / -J </code>
<br />
Add one line brackets to unbracketed one line conditional statements (e.g. '<code>if</code>', '<code>for</code>',
'<code>while</code>'...). The statement must be on a single line. The option implies --keep-one-line-blocks and
will not break the one line blocks.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>if (isFoo)
isFoo = false;
</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes:</p>
<pre>if (isFoo)
<span class="brace">{</span> isFoo = false; <span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_remove-brackets">
<code class="title">--remove-brackets / -xj</code><br />
Remove brackets from conditional statements (e.g. '<code>if</code>', '<code>for</code>', '<code>while</code>'...).
The statement must be a single statement on a single line. If --add-brackets or --add-one-line-brackets is also
used the result will be to add brackets. Brackets will not be removed from "One True Brace Style",
--style=1tbs.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>if (isFoo)
<span class="brace">{</span>
isFoo = false;
<span class="brace">}</span></pre>
<p class="code">
becomes:</p>
<pre>if (isFoo)
isFoo = false;
</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_keep-one-line-blocks">
<code class="title">--keep-one-line-blocks / -O </code>
<br />
Don't break one-line blocks.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>if (isFoo)
<span class="brace">{</span> isFoo = false; cout &lt;&lt; isFoo &lt;&lt; endl; <span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="code">
remains unchanged.</p>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_keep-one-line-statements">
<code class="title">--keep-one-line-statements / -o </code>
<br />
Don't break complex statements and multiple statements residing on a single line.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>if (isFoo)
<span class="brace">{</span>
isFoo = false; cout &lt;&lt; isFoo &lt;&lt; endl;
<span class="brace">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="code">
remains unchanged.</p>
<pre>if (isFoo) DoBar();
</pre>
<p class="code">
remains unchanged.</p>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_convert-tabs">
<code class="title">--convert-tabs / -c</code><br />
Converts tabs into spaces in the non-indentation part of the
line. The number of spaces inserted will maintain the spacing of the tab. The current setting for spaces per tab
is used. It may not produce the expected results if convert-tabs is used when changing spaces per tab. Tabs are
not replaced in quotes.</p>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_close-templates">
<code class="title">--close-templates / -xy</code><br />
Closes whitespace in the angle brackets of template definitions. Closing the ending angle brackets is now allowed
by the C++11 standard. Be sure your compiler supports this before making the changes.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>Stack&lt; int,List&lt; int &gt; &gt; stack1;</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes:</p>
<pre>Stack&lt;int,List&lt;int&gt;&gt; stack1;</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_remove-comment-prefix">
<code class="title">--remove-comment-prefix / -xp</code><br />
Remove the preceding '*' in a multi-line comment that begins a line. A trailing '*', if present, is also removed.
Text that is less than one indent is indented to one indent. Text greater than one indent is not changed. Multi-line
comments that begin a line but without the preceding '*' are indented to one indent for consistency. This can
slightly modify the indentation of commented out blocks of code. Lines containing all '*' are left unchanged.
Extra spacing is removed from the comment close '*/'.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre><em>/*
* comment line 1
* comment line 2
*/</em></pre>
<p class="code">
becomes:</p>
<pre><em>/*
comment line 1
comment line 2
*/</em></pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_max-code-length">
<code class="title">--max-code-length=<span class="option">#</span>&nbsp;&nbsp; / -xC<span class="option">#</span>
<br />
--break-after-logical / -xL</code><br />
The option max&#8209;code&#8209;length will break a line if the code exceeds <span class="option"><strong>#</strong></span>
characters. The valid values are 50 thru 200. Lines without logical conditionals will break on a logical conditional
(||, &amp;&amp;, ...), comma, paren, semicolon, or space.</p>
<p>
Some code will not be broken, such as comments, quotes, and arrays. If used with keep&#8209;one&#8209;line&#8209;blocks
or add-one-line-brackets the blocks will NOT be broken. If used with keep&#8209;one&#8209;line&#8209;statements
the statements will be broken at a semicolon if the line goes over the maximum length. If there is no available
break point within the max code length, the line will be broken at the first available break point after the max
code length.</p>
<p>
By default logical conditionals will be placed first on the new line. The option break&#8209;after&#8209;logical
will cause the logical conditionals to be placed last on the previous line. This option has no effect without
max&#8209;code&#8209;length.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>if (thisVariable1 == thatVariable1 || thisVariable2 == thatVariable2 || thisVariable3 == thatVariable3)
bar();</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes:</p>
<pre>if (thisVariable1 == thatVariable1
|| thisVariable2 == thatVariable2
|| thisVariable3 == thatVariable3)
bar();</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes (with break&#8209;after&#8209;logical):</p>
<pre>if (thisVariable1 == thatVariable1 ||
thisVariable2 == thatVariable2 ||
thisVariable3 == thatVariable3)
bar();</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_mode">
<code class="title">--mode=c</code><br />
<code class="title">--mode=cs</code><br />
<code class="title">--mode=java</code><br />
Indent a C type, C#, or Java file. C type files are C, C++, C++/CLI, and Objective-C. The option is usually
set from the file extension for each file. You can override the setting with this entry. It will be used for all
files regardless of the file extension. It allows the formatter to identify language specific syntax such as C++
classes, templates, and keywords.</p>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<hr />
<!-- * * * * * * * * * * * * * Objective-C Options * * * * * * * * * * * * * -->
<h3 id="_Objective_C_Options">Objective&#8209;C Options</h3>
<p>
These options are effective for Objective&#8209;C files only. The paren padding options will still apply to the
Objective-C method prefix and return type unless overridden by the following options.</p>
<p>
Because of the longer indents sometimes needed for Objective&#8209;C, the option "max-instatement-indent" may
need to be increased. If you are not getting the paren and square bracket alignment you want try increasing this
value. The option is described in the "Indentation Options" section.</p>
<p id="_pad-method-prefix">
<code class="title">--pad-method-prefix / -xQ</code><br />
Insert space padding <strong>after</strong> the '-' or '+' Objective&#8209;C method prefix. This will add
exactly one space. Any additional spaces will be deleted. This option takes precedence over the pad-paren
options.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>-(void)foo1;
+(void)foo2;</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes:</p>
<pre>- (void)foo1;
+ (void)foo2;</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_unpad-method-prefix">
<code class="title">--unpad-method-prefix / -xR</code><br />
Remove all space padding <strong>after</strong> the &#39;-&#39; or &#39;+&#39; Objective&#8209;C method prefix.&nbsp;
This option will be ignored if used with pad&#8209;method&#8209;prefix. It takes precedence over the pad-paren
options.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>- (void)foo1;
+ (void)foo2;</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes:</p>
<pre>-(void)foo1;
+(void)foo2;</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_pad-return-type">
<code class="title">--pad-return-type / -xq</code><br />
Insert space padding <strong>after</strong> the Objective&#8209;C return type. This will add exactly one
space. Any additional spaces will be deleted. This option takes precedence over the pad-paren options.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>-(void)foo1;
+(void)foo2;</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes:</p>
<pre>-(void) foo1;
+(void) foo2;</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_unpad-return-type">
<code class="title">--unpad-return-type / -xr</code><br />
Remove all space padding <strong>after</strong> the Objective&#8209;C return type. This option
will be ignored if used with pad&#8209;return&#8209;type. It takes precedence over the pad-paren options.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>-(void) foo1;
+(void) foo2;</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes:</p>
<pre>-(void)foo1;
+(void)foo2;</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_align-method-colon">
<code class="title">--align-method-colon / -xM</code><br />
Align the colons in Objective&#8209;C method declarations.</p>
<div class="code">
<pre>-(void)deleteKey:(id)key
atIndex:(int)index
ofNode:(Node*)node;</pre>
<p class="code">
becomes:</p>
<pre>-(void)deleteKey:(id)key
atIndex:(int)index
ofNode:(Node*)node;</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<p id="_pad-method-colon">
<code class="title">--pad-method-colon=none&nbsp;&nbsp; / -xP0<br />
--pad-method-colon=all&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; / -xP1<br />
--pad-method-colon=after&nbsp; / -xP2<br />
--pad-method-colon=before / -xP3
</code><br />
Add or remove space padding before or after the colons in an Objective&#8209;C method call. These options will
pad exactly one space. Any additional spaces will be deleted.</p>
<div class="code">
<p class="code">
with pad-method-colon=none:</p>
<pre>[node insertKey:key];</pre>
<p class="code">
with pad-method-colon=all:</p>
<pre>[node insertKey : key];</pre>
<p class="code">
with pad-method-colon=after:</p>
<pre>[node insertKey: key];</pre>
<p class="code">
with pad-method-colon=before:</p>
<pre>[node insertKey :key];</pre>
</div>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<hr />
<!-- * * * * * * * * * * * * Other Command Line Options * * * * * * * * * * * * -->
<h3 id="_Other_Options">Other Options</h3>
<p>
These are non-formatting options available for the command-line. They can also be included in an options
file.</p>
<p id="_suffix">
<code class="title">--suffix=<span class="option">####</span></code><br />
Append the suffix #### instead of '.orig' to original file name (e.g. <code>--suffix=<span class="option">.bak</span></code>).
If this is to be a file extension, the dot '.' must be included. Otherwise the suffix will be appended to the
current file extension.</p>
<p id="_suffix=none">
<code class="title">--suffix=none / -n</code><br />
Do not retain a backup of the original file. The original file is purged after it is formatted.</p>
<p id="_recursive">
<code class="title">--recursive / -r / -R</code><br />
For each directory in the command line, process all subdirectories recursively. When using the recursive option
the file name statement should contain a wildcard. Linux users should place the file path and name in double quotes
so the shell will not resolve the wildcards (e.g. "$HOME/src/*.cpp"). Windows users should place the file path
and name in double quotes if the path or name contains spaces.</p>
<p id="_dry-run">
<code class="title">--dry-run</code><br />
Perform a trial run with no changes made to the files. The report will be output as usual.</p>
<p id="_exclude">
<code class="title">--exclude=<span class="option">####</span></code><br />
Specify a file or sub directory #### to be excluded from processing.</p>
<p>
Excludes are matched from the end of the file path. An exclude option of "templates" will exclude ALL directories
named "templates". An exclude option of "cpp/templates" will exclude ALL "cpp/templates" directories. You may
proceed backwards in the directory tree to exclude only the required directories.</p>
<p>
Specific files may be excluded in the same manner. An exclude option of "default.cpp" will exclude ALL files
named "default.cpp". An exclude option of "python/default.cpp" will exclude ALL files named "default.cpp"
contained in a "python" subdirectory. You may proceed backwards in the directory tree to exclude only the
required files.</p>
<p>
Wildcards are NOT allowed. There may be more than one exclude statement. The file path and name may be placed
in double quotes (e.g. &#8209;&#8209;exclude="foo&nbsp;bar.cpp").</p>
<p id="_ignore-exclude-errors">
<code class="title">--ignore-exclude-errors / -i</code><br />
Allow processing to continue if there are errors in the "exclude=###" options.<br />
This option lets the excludes for several projects be entered in a single option file. This option may be placed
in the same option file as the excludes. It will display the unmatched excludes. The following option will not
display the unmatched excludes.</p>
<p id="_ignore-exclude-errors-x">
<code class="title">--ignore-exclude-errors-x / -xi</code><br />
<code class="title"></code>Allow processing to continue if there are errors in the "exclude=###" options.<br />
This option lets the excludes for several projects be entered in a single option file. This option may be placed
in the same option file as the excludes. It will NOT display the unmatched excludes. The preceding option will
display the unmatched excludes.</p>
<p id="_errors-to-stdout">
<code class="title">--errors-to-stdout / -X</code><br />
Print errors to standard-output rather than to standard-error.<br />
This option should be helpful for systems/shells that do not have a separate output to standard-error, such as
in Windows95.</p>
<p id="_preserve-date">
<code class="title">--preserve-date / -Z</code><br />
Preserve the original file's date and time modified. The time modified will be changed a few micro seconds to
force the changed files to compile. This option is not effective if redirection is used to rename the input
file.</p>
<p id="_verbose">
<code class="title">--verbose / -v</code><br />
Verbose display mode. Display optional information, such as release number, date, and statistical data.</p>
<p id="_formatted">
<code class="title">--formatted / -Q</code><br />
Formatted files display mode. Display only the files that have been formatted. Do not display files that
are unchanged.</p>
<p id="_quiet">
<code class="title">--quiet / -q</code><br />
Quiet display mode. Suppress all output except error messages.</p>
<p id="_lineend">
<code class="title">--lineend=windows&nbsp;/ -z1<br />
--lineend=linux &nbsp; / -z2<br />
--lineend=macold&nbsp;&nbsp;/ -z3
</code><br />
Force use of the specified line end style. Valid options are windows (CRLF), linux (LF), and macold (CR). MacOld
style is the format for Mac&nbsp;OS&nbsp;9 and earlier. OS&nbsp;X uses the Linux style. If one of these options
is not used the line ends will be determined automatically from the input file.</p>
<p>
When <strong>redirection</strong> is used on Windows the output will always have Windows line ends. This option
will be ignored.</p>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
<hr style="margin-left: -0.4in;" />
<!-- * * * * * * * * * * * * Command-Line Options * * * * * * * * * * * * -->
<h3 id="_Command_Line_Only">Command Line Only</h3>
<p>These options are available for the command-line only. They are NOT available in an options file.</p>
<p id="_options=">
<code class="title">--options=<span class="option">####</span></code><br />
Specify an options file #### to read and use. It must contain a file path for the file. This will allow the file
name to be changed from astylerc or .astylerc.</p>
<p id="_options=none">
<code class="title">--options=none</code><br />
Disable the default options file. Only the command-line parameters will be used.</p>
<p id="_ascii">
<code class="title">--ascii / -I</code><br />
The displayed output will be ascii characters only. The text will be displayed in English and numbers will not
be formatted. The short option must be by itself, it cannot be concatenated with other options.</p>
<p id="_version">
<code class="title">--version / -V</code><br />
Print version number and quit. The short option must be by itself, it cannot be concatenated with other
options.</p>
<p id="_help">
<code class="title">--help / -h / -?</code><br />
Print a help message and quit. The short option must be by itself, it cannot be concatenated with other
options.</p>
<p id="_html">
<code class="title">--html / -!</code><br />
Open the HTML help
file "astyle.html" in the default browser and quit. The short option must be by itself, it
cannot be concatenated with other options. The documentation must be installed in the standard install path (/usr/share/doc/astyle/html
for Linux or %PROGRAMFILES%\AStyle\doc for Windows). If installed to a different path use html=###.</p>
<p id="_html=">
<code class="title">--html=<span class="option">####</span></code><br />
Open a HTML help file in the default browser using the file path #### and quit. A HTML file other than "astyle.help"
may be specified. The path may include a directory path and a file name, or a file name only (e.g. html=install.html).
If only a file name is used it is assumed to be in the standard install path (/usr/share/doc/astyle/html
for Linux or %PROGRAMFILES%\AStyle\doc for Windows). In both cases the file name must include the html extension.
File paths containing spaces must be enclosed in quotes.</p>
<p>
On Linux the HTML file is opened using the script "xdg-open" from the install package "xdg-utils". This should
be installed by default on most distributions.</p>
<p>
Any HTML file can be opened by this option. The files you are likely to need are astyle.html (the default), install.html,
and index.html.</p>
<p>
&nbsp;</p>
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