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Syntactic Symbols

Here is a table of valid syntactic symbols for C mode indentation, with their syntactic meanings. Normally, most of these symbols are assigned offsets in c-offsets-alist.

string
Inside a multi-line string.
c
Inside a multi-line C style block comment.
defun-open
On a brace that opens a function definition.
defun-close
On a brace that closes a function definition.
defun-block-intro
In the first line in a top-level defun.
class-open
On a brace that opens a class definition.
class-close
On a brace that closes a class definition.
inline-open
On a brace that opens an in-class inline method.
inline-close
On a brace that closes an in-class inline method.
extern-lang-open
On a brace that opens an external language block.
extern-lang-close
On a brace that closes an external language block.
func-decl-cont
The region between a function definition's argument list and the defun opening brace (excluding K&R function definitions). In C, you cannot put anything but whitespace and comments between them; in C++ and Java, throws declarations and other things can appear in this context.
knr-argdecl-intro
On the first line of a K&R C argument declaration.
knr-argdecl
In one of the subsequent lines in a K&R C argument declaration.
topmost-intro
On the first line in a topmost construct definition.
topmost-intro-cont
On the topmost definition continuation lines.
member-init-intro
On the first line in a member initialization list.
member-init-cont
On one of the subsequent member initialization list lines.
inher-intro
On the first line of a multiple inheritance list.
inher-cont
On one of the subsequent multiple inheritance lines.
block-open
On a statement block open brace.
block-close
On a statement block close brace.
brace-list-open
On the opening brace of an enum or static array list.
brace-list-close
On the closing brace of an enum or static array list.
brace-list-intro
On the first line in an enum or static array list.
brace-list-entry
On one of the subsequent lines in an enum or static array list.
statement
On an ordinary statement.
statement-cont
On a continuation line of a statement.
statement-block-intro
On the first line in a new statement block.
statement-case-intro
On the first line in a case "block."
statement-case-open
On the first line in a case block starting with brace.
substatement
On the first line after an if, while, for, do, or else.
substatement-open
On the brace that opens a substatement block.
case-label
On a case or default label.
access-label
On a C++ private, protected, or public access label.
label
On any ordinary label.
do-while-closure
On the while that ends a do-while construct.
else-clause
On the else of an if-else construct.
comment-intro
On a line containing only a comment introduction.
arglist-intro
On the first line in an argument list.
arglist-cont
On one of the subsequent argument list lines when no arguments follow on the same line as the arglist opening parenthesis.
arglist-cont-nonempty
On one of the subsequent argument list lines when at least one argument follows on the same line as the arglist opening parenthesis.
arglist-close
On the closing parenthesis of an argument list.
stream-op
On one of the lines continuing a stream operator construct.
inclass
On a construct that is nested inside a class definition.
inextern-lang
On a construct that is nested inside an external language block.
cpp-macro
On the start of a cpp macro.
friend
On a C++ friend declaration.
objc-method-intro
On the first line of an Objective-C method definition.
objc-method-args-cont
On one of the lines continuing an Objective-C method definition.
objc-method-call-cont
On one of the lines continuing an Objective-C method call.


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