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1.4 Blank lines

Various programming styles use blank lines in different places. indent has a number of options to insert or delete blank lines in specific places.

The `-bad' option causes indent to force a blank line after every block of declarations. The `-nbad' option causes indent not to force such blank lines.

The `-bap' option forces a blank line after every procedure body. The `-nbap' option forces no such blank line.

The `-bbb' option forces a blank line before every boxed comment (See section 1.5 Comments.) The `-nbbb' option does not force such blank lines.

The `-sob' option causes indent to swallow optional blank lines (that is, any optional blank lines present in the input will be removed from the output). If the `-nsob' is specified, any blank lines present in the input file will be copied to the output file.

1.4.1 --blank-lines-after-declarations  More on the `-bad' option.
1.4.2 --blank-lines-after-procedures  More on the `-bap' option.



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