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diff --git a/docs/LibFormat.rst b/docs/LibFormat.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..eacdc16 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/LibFormat.rst @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +========= +LibFormat +========= + +LibFormat is a library that implements automatic source code formatting based +on Clang. This documents describes the LibFormat interface and design as well +as some basic style discussions. + +If you just want to use `clang-format` as a tool or integrated into an editor, +checkout :doc:`ClangFormat`. + +Design +------ + +FIXME: Write up design. + + +Interface +--------- + +The core routine of LibFormat is ``reformat()``: + +.. code-block:: c++ + + tooling::Replacements reformat(const FormatStyle &Style, Lexer &Lex, + SourceManager &SourceMgr, + std::vector<CharSourceRange> Ranges); + +This reads a token stream out of the lexer ``Lex`` and reformats all the code +ranges in ``Ranges``. The ``FormatStyle`` controls basic decisions made during +formatting. A list of options can be found under :ref:`style-options`. + + +.. _style-options: + +Style Options +------------- + +The style options describe specific formatting options that can be used in +order to make `ClangFormat` comply with different style guides. Currently, +two style guides are hard-coded: + +.. code-block:: c++ + + /// \brief Returns a format style complying with the LLVM coding standards: + /// http://llvm.org/docs/CodingStandards.html. + FormatStyle getLLVMStyle(); + + /// \brief Returns a format style complying with Google's C++ style guide: + /// http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/cppguide.xml. + FormatStyle getGoogleStyle(); + +These options are also exposed in the :doc:`standalone tools <ClangFormat>` +through the `-style` option. + +In the future, we plan on making this configurable. |