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Artistic Style 1.24</h1>
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A Free, Fast and Small Automatic Formatter<br />for C, C++, C#, and Java Source Code</h2>
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Artistic Style is a source code indenter, formatter, and beautifier for the C, C++, C# and Java programming languages.</p>
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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.</p>
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Since the NUMBER of space characters showed on screen for each tab character in the source code changes between
editors (unless the user sets up the number to his liking...), one of the standard problems programmers are facing
when moving from one editor to another is that code containing both spaces and tabs that was up to now perfectly
indented, suddenly 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 people's source code can still be problematic.</p>
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To address this problem, Artistic Style was created - a filter written in C++ that automatically re-indents and
re-formats C / C++ / C# / Java source files. It can be used from a command line, or it can be incorporated as
classes in another C++ program.</p>
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<a href="astyle.html">Documentation</a></h3>
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There is complete documentation for using Artistic Style. Most documentation is included in the distribution package.</p>
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<a href="news.html">News</a> and <a href="notes.html">Release Notes</a></h3>
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Information on the changes in the current release. The News contains information on major changes and how they
might affect the use of Artistic Style. The Release Notes contains a list of all changes made to the program.
Information on old releases is also listed. </p>
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<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/astyle/files/">Download</a></h3>
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The latest release can be downloaded from the SourceForge file releases page. The green "Download Now" button
will, in most cases, download the correct package for your platform. Otherwise you can select the appropriate
package from the "Newest Files" list. The OpenVMS and Windows
packages contain compiled binaries. Other platforms
will need to compile the source code. Makefiles are included
for the most popular compilers. Follow the install instructions for the appropriate platform as described in the "Install Information" documentation.</p>
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<a href="subversion.html">Subversion</a></h3>
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The latest development files can be checked out from the Artistic Style repository using Subversion.
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<a href="install.html">Install Information</a></h3>
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Information on compiling and installing Artistic Style. The Windows and OpenVMS platforms come with a precompiled
executable. Other platforms must compile the project. Follow the instructions for the appropriate platform (Linux,
Mac, OpenVMS, or Windows).</p>
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<a href="license.html">License</a></h3>
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Artistic Style may be used and distributed under version 3 the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html"><b>
GNU Lesser General Public License</b></a> (LGPL). The LGPL is a set of additional permissions added to version
3 of the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html">GNU General Public License</a>. You can use Artistic Style
in free or commercial software without charge. Projects that use Artistic Style do not have to make the source
code available. If Artistic Style itself is modified, however, the modified Artistic Style source code must be
made available.</p>
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<a href="scripts.html">Scripts</a></h3>
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This page contains scripts to support the Artistic Style program. They are in various script languages and work
on different platforms. It includes scripts to clean the directories of backup files created by Artistic Style.</p>
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<a href="links.html">Links</a></h3>
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There are several applications that use Artistic Style as contributed software. It is either embedded in the application
or called as a command line program. The applications include Graphical User Interfaces to view the effect of
formatting on the source code, development environments for various platforms, and other software. </p>
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<a href="http://astyle.sourceforge.net/develop/">Developer Information</a></h3>
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Artistic Style has compile options for creating a shared library (DLL) or static library for use with a Graphical
User Interface (GUI). With the Java Development Kit (JDK) installed it can be compiled as a Java Native Interface
(JNI) and called from a Java program. The Developer Information documents the calling procedure and has example
programs for C++, Java, and C#.</p>
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Bug Reports, Change Requests, Notification</h3>
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Bug reports and change requests should be submitted to the <a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=2319&atid=102319">
bug tracker page</a>. It is best to log in to SourceForge before submitting a report so you can be contacted
if necessary. Note that code copied and pasted into the bug report <strong>will not be indented</strong> after
the data is submitted. You must indicate the indentation when you submit the request (e.g. replace leading spaces
with periods).</p>
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New releases are announced through an <a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astyle-announce">astyle-announce</a> mailing list. You will receive notification of new releases
and important repository commits. No SourceForge user
account is needed, but registered site users can subscribe using their SourceForge mail alias. (Mail aliases take
the form: username@users.sourceforge.net). The sign-up page can also be accessed from the <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/astyle/support">
user support page</a>. There are other ways to subscribe on the <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/astyle/files/">
file releases page</a> that use an RSS feed. You can use them if you want.</p>
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To contact the project by email use the address <a href="mailto:jimp03@email.com">jimp03@email.com</a>.</p>
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Maintainers</h3>
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Artistic Style is maintained and updated by <a href="mailto:jimp03@email.com">Jim Pattee</a>. The original author
was Tal Davidson, Israel.</p>
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Acknowledgments</h3>
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Thanks to Jim Watson, Fred Shwartz, W. Nathaniel Mills III, Danny Deschenes, Andre Houde,
Richard Bullington, Paul-Michael Agapow, Daryn Adler, Dieter Bayer, Sam Cooler, Jim Duff,
Emilio Guijarro, Jens Krinke, Eran Ifrah, Travis Robinson, Max Horn, Ettl Martin, Mario Gleichmann,
J P Nurmi, Colin D Bennett, Christian Stimming, MrTact, Wim Rosseel for their patches and contributions to Artistic
Style.</p>
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Thanks to <strong><a href="http://sourceforge.net">SourceForge</a></strong> for giving Artistic Style its home.</p>
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Thanks to all the dedicated beta-testers and bug notifiers!</p>
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