How can I correct indentation in namespace block using `indent` utility in linux

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I'm using indent to correct indentation. Everything is fine except indent in namespace block.

I have sample codes:

$ cat test2.cc
#include <iostream>

namespace API
{
void f ()
{
    std::cout << "f() called" << std::endl;
}
}

But after running indent I got:

$ indent -st -bl -bli0  -i 4 -c 4 -kr -nce -bls test2.cc
#include <iostream>

namespace API
{
    void f()
^^^^<=== I don't want these indentation
    {
        std::cout << "f() called" << std::endl;
    }
}

I don't want first indentation of namespace block and hard to find any related indent option (it's very complicated). How can I work it out? Any suggestion would be appreciated.

rici · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-16 02:37:02Z

2

indent is designed to format C code. It's not really aware of C++ syntax, such as namespace.

I'd suggest using clang-format, which is a C++ formatter.

answered Jul 16, 2014 at 2:37

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Jason Heo Over a year ago

Thank you for suggestion. I'll check clang-format.

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