$c-brace(5)

NAME

$c-brace - C-mode; brace indentation

SYNOPSIS

$c-brace integer; Default is -4

-n <= integer <= n

DESCRIPTION

$c-brace is part of the cmode(2m) environment for C programmers.

Sets the indent of a '{' and a '}' on a new line, from the current indent. For example, using the default settings, if the current indent was 20 then a line starting with a '{' or a '}' would be indented to 16, i.e.

                    xxxxxxxxxxx 
                    xxxxxxxxxxx 
                { xxxxxxxxxxx 
                    xxxxxxxxxxx 
                } xxxxxxxxxxx 
                    xxxxxxxxxxx 

This may seem strange, but the current indent is the indent of the last '{' (or "if", "else" etc.) plus $c-statement(5) which is 4, so this brings it back into line with '{''s, "if"'s and "else"'s etc., e.g.

                if(xxxxxx) 
                { 
                    xxxxxxxxxx 
                    xxxxxxxxxx 
                } 

With a setting of -2, this would become:-

                if(xxxxxx) 
                  { 
                    xxxxxxxxxx 
                    xxxxxxxxxx 
                  } 

This works in conjunction with $c-statement(5), a change to $c-statement will change the position of '{'s.

SEE ALSO

cmode(2m), $c-statement(5).

(c) Copyright JASSPA 1999
Last Modified: 1998/08/27
Generated On: 1999/12/01