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      2 LibFormat
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      4 
      5 LibFormat is a library that implements automatic source code formatting based
      6 on Clang. This documents describes the LibFormat interface and design as well
      7 as some basic style discussions.
      8 
      9 If you just want to use `clang-format` as a tool or integrated into an editor,
     10 checkout :doc:`ClangFormat`.
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     12 Design
     13 ------
     14 
     15 FIXME: Write up design.
     16 
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     18 Interface
     19 ---------
     20 
     21 The core routine of LibFormat is ``reformat()``:
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     23 .. code-block:: c++
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     25   tooling::Replacements reformat(const FormatStyle &Style, Lexer &Lex,
     26                                  SourceManager &SourceMgr,
     27                                  std::vector<CharSourceRange> Ranges);
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     29 This reads a token stream out of the lexer ``Lex`` and reformats all the code
     30 ranges in ``Ranges``. The ``FormatStyle`` controls basic decisions made during
     31 formatting. A list of options can be found under :ref:`style-options`. 
     32 
     33 
     34 .. _style-options:
     35 
     36 Style Options
     37 -------------
     38 
     39 The style options describe specific formatting options that can be used in
     40 order to make `ClangFormat` comply with different style guides. Currently,
     41 two style guides are hard-coded:
     42 
     43 .. code-block:: c++
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     45   /// \brief Returns a format style complying with the LLVM coding standards:
     46   /// http://llvm.org/docs/CodingStandards.html.
     47   FormatStyle getLLVMStyle();
     48 
     49   /// \brief Returns a format style complying with Google's C++ style guide:
     50   /// http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/cppguide.xml.
     51   FormatStyle getGoogleStyle();
     52 
     53 These options are also exposed in the :doc:`standalone tools <ClangFormat>`
     54 through the `-style` option.
     55 
     56 In the future, we plan on making this configurable.
     57