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diff --git a/devel/astyle/DESCR b/devel/astyle/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..ad4bb342019 --- /dev/null +++ b/devel/astyle/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +When indenting source code, we as programmers have a tendency to +use both spaces and tab characters to create the wanted indentation. +Moreover, some editors by default insert spaces instead of tabs +when pressing the tab key, and other editors (Emacs for example) +have the ability to "pretty up" lines by automatically setting up +the white space before the code on the line, possibly inserting +spaces in a code that up to now used only tabs for indentation. + +Since the NUMBER of space characters showed on screen for each tab +character in the source code changes between editors (until the +user sets up the number to his liking...), one of the standard +problems facing programmers when moving from one source code editor +to another is that code containing both spaces and tabs that was +up to now perfectly indented, suddently becomes a mess to look at +when changing to another editor. Even if you as a programmer take +care to ONLY use spaces or tabs, looking at other peoples source +code can still be problematic. + +To address this problem I have created Artistic Style - a series +of filters, written in C++, that automatically reindent & reformat +C/C++/Java source files. These can be used from a command line, or +it can be incorporated as classes in another C++ program. |