C++ formatter/beautifier?

[OvErboRed]

Hi, I'm wondering if anybody can point me to a good, free C++
formatter/beautifier. I'm looking for something that offers the level of
control that the Unix/Linux 'indent' program provides, but for C++ (indent
has some quirks when applied to C++). I have spent a while Googling for
something along these lines, but haven't come up with anything, only
various very basic formatting programs like Artistic Style. It would be
best if someone could point me to an open-source program, but I'm willing
to work with something that's free (as in beer). Thanks in advance.

 

[Phlip]

Hi, I'm wondering if anybody can point me to a good, free C++
formatter/beautifier. I'm looking for something that offers the level of
control that the Unix/Linux 'indent' program provides, but for C++ (indent
has some quirks when applied to C++). I have spent a while Googling for
something along these lines, but haven't come up with anything, only
various very basic formatting programs like Artistic Style. It would be
best if someone could point me to an open-source program, but I'm willing
to work with something that's free (as in beer). Thanks in advance.

http://astyle.sourceforge.net

 

[Cedric LEMAIRE]

Try 'CodeWorker' at http://www.codeworker.org.

This is a parsing tool and a universal source code generator that
interprets a scripting language. The language provides the function
'indentFile()'.

If you just have a file to indent, write a single-line script, called
"indent.cws" for instance:
indentFile("my-C++-file.cpp");

and type:
codeworker indent.cws

If you have more files to indent, change "indent.cws" to:
forfile i in "*.cpp" indentFile(i);
forfile i in "*.h" indentFile(i);

Regards,

Cedric Lemaire

 

[roman ziak]

Hi, I'm wondering if anybody can point me to a good, free C++
formatter/beautifier. I'm looking for something that offers the level of

http://dickey.his.com/bcpp/bcpp.html

 

[OvErboRed]

Thanks for your reply. As I mentioned in my post, AS is too basic for my
needs.

 

[OvErboRed]

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, BCPP is too basic for my needs.

 

[Phlip]

[Top-post fixed. Please take pride in your posts.]

Thanks for your reply. As I mentioned in my post, AS is too basic for my
needs.

What the hell kind of needs could AS be "too basic" for? Do you intent to
turn innocent functions into ASCII Art of recumbent bicycles?

Use the source, Luke!

 

[Peter van Merkerk]

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, BCPP is too basic for my needs.

Perhaps you should explain why the suggested programs are to basic for
your needs. In other word what do you need that those programs don't
provide?

 

[Thomas Dickey]

What the hell kind of needs could AS be "too basic" for? Do you intent to
turn innocent functions into ASCII Art of recumbent bicycles?

a while back I wrote editor macros to transform comment-boxes to/from the
single-marker form:

/*******/
/* xxx */
/*******/

/*
xxx
*/

One of the developers in my project group found it unsuitable because he
wanted curved edges on the boxes.

 

[Ira Baxter]

Hi, I'm wondering if anybody can point me to a good, free C++
formatter/beautifier. I'm looking for something that offers the level of
control that the Unix/Linux 'indent' program provides, but for C++ (indent
has some quirks when applied to C++). I have spent a while Googling for
something along these lines, but haven't come up with anything, only
various very basic formatting programs like Artistic Style. It would be
best if someone could point me to an open-source program, but I'm willing
to work with something that's free (as in beer). Thanks in advance.

Not free, but specific to C++ and doesn't have Indent quirks.
See http://www.semdesigns.com/Products/Formatters/CppFormatter.html

 

[Class Account]

Perhaps you should explain why the suggested programs are to basic for
your needs. In other word what do you need that those programs don't
provide?

At least be able to do what indent is capable of, e.g., be able to produce
GNU style, K&R style, or Berkeley style code, but adapted to C++.

 

[overbored]

Sorry, that was me, posted with wrong account.

At least be able to do what indent is capable of, e.g., be able to
produce GNU style, K&R style, or Berkeley style code, but adapted to
C++.

 

[overbored]

At least be able to do what indent is capable of, e.g., be able to produce
GNU style, K&R style, or Berkeley style code, but adapted to C++.

[Top-post fixed. Please take pride in your posts.]

Thanks for your reply. As I mentioned in my post, AS is too basic for my
needs.

What the hell kind of needs could AS be "too basic" for? Do you intent to
turn innocent functions into ASCII Art of recumbent bicycles?

Use the source, Luke!

 

[Phlip]

At least be able to do what indent is capable of, e.g., be able to produce
GNU style, K&R style, or Berkeley style code, but adapted to C++.

It do them, as top-level options: -linux, -knr, etc.

 

[noahmiller]

Uncrustify + UniversalIndentGUI

I have just found and used Uncrustify, which gives something like 200 options for spacing, new lines, braces, wrapping lines, etc. It doesn't appear to have any presets, so it takes a lot of work to get it configured right. But there is a lot of control in its options.
http://uncrustify.sourceforge.net/

I used UniversalIndentGUI in tandem, which provides a GUI for setting config options and seeing immediate results in any code. It also works with Artistic Style and others.
http://universalindent.sourceforge.net/

Noah