[Metakit] C++ re-indent suggestion

Pat Thoyts patthoyts at users.sourceforge.net
Sat Nov 11 20:01:47 CET 2006


Jean-Claude Wippler <jcw at equi4.com> writes:

>Hi,
>
>Am looking for a way to re-indent all Metakit C++ sources to clean up
>some space/tab mixups which have been creeping in there for some time
>now.
>
>Does anyone have a suggestion on what tool to use?  After having
>tried for a bit, it looks like I'm not familiar enough with Emacs to
>make it fix the indentation of a few dozen source files, alas.  Maybe
>I could get there with a pointer to the proper instruction.
>
>Anyway, all suggestions welcome.  Nothing fancy.

The unix indent command is for indenting C source. GNU provide an
implementation with comprehensive options.

In Emacs, select the whole buffer then (assuming c++-mode) do M-C-\
and it will re-indent the file.

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