General options:¶

-h, --help

print this text. [NO_ENV]

-H, --manpage

print man page. [NO_ENV]

--readme

print some background information. [NO_ENV]

--changelog

print ChangeLog. [NO_ENV]

-v, --version

prints findent version. [NO_ENV]

-q, --query_fix_free

guess free or fixed, prints 'fixed' or 'free' and exits. [NO_ENV]

--continuation=<c>

' ': (default) do not change continuation characters.
'0': create numbered continuation characters.
other: use that continuation character.
default for conversion from free to fixed is '&'.

--include_left=<n>

(0/1) 1: indent include statements to starting indent (default:0).

-l<n>, --label_left=<n>

(0/1) 1: move statement labels to start of line.
(default: free: 1, fixed: 0)

-lastindent, --last_indent

prints computed indentation of last line.
(for usage with vim) [NO_ENV]

-lastusable, --last_usable

prints line number of last line usable.
as start for indenting(for usage with vim). [NO_ENV]

-iauto, --input_format=auto

determine automatically input format (free or fixed).

-ifixed, --input_format=fixed

force input format fixed (default: auto).

-ifree, --input_format=free

force input format free (default:auto).

-i-, --indent=none

do not change indent (useful in combination with -R).

-L<n>, --input_line_length=<n>

use only first <n> characters of each line.
default=0: take whole lines.

-L<n>g, --input_line_length=<n>g

same as above, but use gfortran convention.
for counting the characters with tabbed lines.
example: --input_line_length=72g.

-M<n>, --max_indent=<n>

maximum output indent, default 100, 0: no limit.

-ofixed, --output_format=fixed

force fixed format output.

-ofree, --output_format=free

force free format output.

-osame, --output_format=same

output format same is input format.

--openmp=<n>

1/0: do/don't indent openmp conditionals (default: 1).
NOTE: for free format, the omp sentinel must be '!$ '.

-Rr, --refactor_end

refactor subroutines etc: the END line.
of a subroutine, program etc. is, if possible, replaced by
'end subroutine <name>' or
'end function <name>' or
'end procedure <name>' or
'end program <name>' or
'end block data <name>' or
'end module <name>' or
'end submodule <name>'
'end interface <name>'
'end type <name>'
where <name> is the name of the appropriate procedure, subroutine etc.
NOTE1: if the END line contains a continuation the results are undefined.
NOTE2: a line like 'end function fun' will be replaced by.
'end subroutine sub' if the END line ends 'subroutine sub'.
NOTE3: the flag --refactor_procedures is deprecated, use --refactor_end.

-RR, --refactor_end=upcase

same as -Rr, but 'END SUBROUTINE <name>'. in stead of 'end subroutine <name>' etc.

--relabel=shuffle

shuffles existing labels,
primarily meant for demo and debugging.
see also the notes under --relabel below.

--relabel, --relabel=<n1>,<n2>

renumber labels: n1 = starting index,
n2 is increment (default:1000,10).
if n1=0 or n2=0, relabeling is disabled.
see also RELABEL below.
NOTE1: use only SYNTAX-CORRECT SOURCES with this option.
NOTE2: CHECK the functionality of your program after using this option.
NOTE3: after finding an error (missing label, ill formatted label list, ...)
findent will stop relabeling, but will continue indenting
and/or converting.

--relabel_reset=<n>

1: reset label numbering at start of subroutine/function/program. 0: do not reset label numbering (default: 0).

--query_relabel[=<n>]

generate report. [NO_ENV]
n=0, or flag omitted: do not generate report.
n=1: generate summary (only error message or OK message).
n=2: generate report of original and renumbered labels (default).
NOTE: if n >= 0, no output of the fortran source.

--ws_remred[=<n>]

replace redundant white space with one space.
n=0, or flag omitted: do not replace redundant spaces.
NOTE1: use with care, avoid pieces of code with not terminated
strings and use Fortran code without syntax errors:
changes are irreversible.
NOTE2: for statements containing an hollerith, this flag is ignored.

--safe

ignore next flags marked with [NO_ENV] (used by wfindent).

Indenting options:¶

-I<n>, --start_indent=<n>

starting indent (default:0).

-Ia, --start_indent=a

determine starting indent from first line.

-i<n>, --indent=<n>

all indents except I,c,C,e (default: 3).

-a<n>, --indent_associate=<n>

ASSOCIATE indent.

-b<n>, --indent_block=<n>

BLOCK indent.

-d<n>, --indent_do=<n>

DO indent.

-f<n>, --indent_if=<n>

IF indent.

-E<n>, --indent_enum=<n>

ENUM indent.

-F<n>, --indent_forall=<n>

FORALL indent.

-j<n>, --indent_interface=<n>

INTERFACE indent.

-m<n>, --indent_module=<n>

MODULE indent.

-r<n>, --indent_procedure=<n>

FUNCTION,
SUBROUTINE and PROGRAM indent.

-s<n>, --indent_select=<n>

SELECT indent.

-t<n>, --indent_type=<n>

TYPE indent.

-w<n>, --indent_where=<n>

WHERE indent.

-x<n>, --indent_critical=<n>

CRITICAL indent.

--indent_changeteam=<n>

CHANGE TEAM indent.

-C-, --indent_contains=restart,

restart indent after CONTAINS.

-k<n>, --indent_continuation=<n>

continuation indent except
for lines starting with '&' (see flag -K).
NOTE: free to free only.

-k-, --indent_continuation=none

continuation lines not preceded
by '&' are untouched.
NOTE: free to free only.

-kd, --indent_continuation=default

continuation lines not preceded
by '&' are default indented.
NOTE: free to free only.

-K, --indent_ampersand

indent lines starting with '&' (free only).

--align_paren[=<n>]

align continuation lines not preceded
by '&' with preceding unmatched left parenthesis.
n=0, or flag omitted: do not align.
n=1: do align (default).
NOTE1: free to free only.
NOTE1: for statements containing an hollerith, this flag is ignored.

Next defaults are: all - all/2.

-c<n>, --indent_case=<n>

CASE negative indent.
NOTE: also for RANK, TYPEIS and CLASSIS.

-C<n>, --indent_contains=<n>

CONTAINS negative indent.

-e<n>, --indent_entry=<n>

ENTRY negative indent.

Dependencies:¶

--deps

output dependency information only, other flags are ignored. [NO_ENV]
This can be used to generate a dependencies file for usage with make(1).
The format of this information:
Fortran source -> findent output
include "file1" -> inc file1
#include "file2" -> cpp file2
#include <file3> -> std file3
??include 'file4' -> coc file4
use module1 -> use module1
submodule(m) subm -> use m
mod m:subm
module module2 -> mod module2

--makefdeps

outputs a sh(1) script that serves as a an example
to generate dependencies for use in make(1). [NO_ENV]

Environment:¶

findent parses the environment variable FINDENT_FLAGS before the command-line flags.

Usage with vim:¶

--vim_help

outputs directions to use findent in (g)vim. [NO_ENV]

--vim_fortran

outputs file 'fortran.vim', see --vim_help. [NO_ENV]

--vim_findent

outputs file 'findent.vim', see --vim_help. [NO_ENV]

Usage with gedit:¶

--gedit_help

outputs directions to use findent in gedit. [NO_ENV]

--gedit_external

outputs script 'findent-gedit', see --gedit_help. [NO_ENV]

--gedit_plugin

outputs file 'findent.plugin', see --gedit_help. [NO_ENV]

--gedit_plugin_py

outputs file 'python.py', see --gedit_help. [NO_ENV]

Usage with emacs:¶

--emacs_help

outputs directions to use findent in emacs. [NO_ENV]

--emacs_findent

outputs script 'findent.el', see --emacs_help. [NO_ENV]

Self replication:¶

--selfrep

outputs source tar ball to stdout [NO_ENV]
Example: create the tar.gz file:
findent --selfrep > findent.tar.gz
Example: create the unpacked source tar ball:
findent --selfrep | tar zxf -

RELABEL:¶

The following constructs are candidates for relabeling:
- 100,110,120,130: label
- X: integer or real or logical expression
- I: identifier
- [,]: optional comma
- ...: not parsed by findent, can be anything except '=...'
- [IF]: optional IF(...)

100 ... ! statement or format label
IF(...) 110,120,130
IF(...) 110,120
DO 100[,] I=X,...
DO 100[,] WHILE(...)
DO 100[,] CONCURRENT(...)
DO 100
[IF] ACCEPT 100...
[IF] ASSIGN 100 TO I
[IF] BACKSPACE(...,ERR=100,...)
[IF] CALL I(...,*100,...,$110,...,&120,...)
[IF] CLOSE(...,ERR=100,...)
[IF] DECODE(...,100,...,ERR=110,...)
[IF] DELETE(...,ERR=110,...)
[IF] ENCODE(...,100,...,ERR=110,...)
[IF] ENDFILE(...,ERR=100,...)
[IF] FIND(...,ERR=110,...)
[IF] FLUSH(...,ERR=100,...)
[IF] GOTO 100
[IF] GOTO I[,](100,110,120)
[IF] GOTO(100,110,120)...
[IF] INQUIRE(...,ERR=100,...)
[IF] OPEN(...,ERR=100,...)
[IF] PRINT 100...
[IF] READ 100...
[IF] READ(...,100,...)
[IF] READ(...,ERR=100,...,END=110,EOR=120,...,FMT=130)...
[IF] REREAD 100...
[IF] REREAD(...,100,...)
[IF] REREAD(...,ERR=100,...,END=110,EOR=120,...,FMT=130)...
[IF] REWIND(...,ERR=100,...)
[IF] REWRITE(...,100) ...
[IF] REWRITE(...,ERR=100,...,FMT=110,...,EOR=120)...
[IF] TYPE 100...
[IF] WAIT(...,ERR=100,...,END=110,...,EOR=120,...)
[IF] WRITE(...,100) ...
[IF] WRITE(...,ERR=100,...,FMT=110,...,EOR=120)...

Examples:¶

Indent: findent < in.f > out.f
findent -i2 -r0 < in.f > out.f

Relabel: findent --relabel < in.f > out.f

Convert fixed to free form: findent -ofree < prog.f > prog.f90

Convert free to fixed form: findent -ofixed < prog.f90 > prog.f

Refactor 'end': findent -Rr < in.f90 > out.f90

BUGS:¶

*

Also for free-format, findent is space-insensitive, while the standard states that space must be used as general separator.

*

There are some issues with labels in a continuation when converting from free to fixed format. For example:

123&
4 continue

The problems arise because it is not possible to define a statement label in a continuation in fixed format.

*

When converting from fixed format to free format, findent discards white space in a string if the string contains a continuation, e.g:
print *,"a
+b"

is converted to:
print *,"a&
&b"

*

Relabel issues
In some cases, findent refuses to relabel.
To see the cause, use the flag '--query-relabel=1', e.g.:
findent --relabel=10,10 --query-relabel=1
If the fortran source contains label-related errors, or when findent misbehaves, relabeling can create havoc. So: test.