Using perltidy

Introduction

Perltidy is a Perl script which indents and reformats Perl scripts to make them easier to read.

Use

The tool may be used in this manner, using the profile document pictured below

perltidy -pro=trunk/Share/doc/perltidyrc MODULE.pm > MODULE.pm.tidy
mv MODULE.pm.tidy MODULE.pm

Sample File

The following is the perltidy file recommended for use in the perfSONAR environment.

# PBP .perltidyrc file

-l=300   # Max line width is 78 cols
-i=4    # Indent level is 4 cols
-ci=4   # Continuation indent is 4 cols
-st     # Output to STDOUT
-se     # Errors to STDERR
-vt=0   # Maximal vertical tightness
-cti=0  # No extra indentation for closing brackets
-pt=0   # Low parenthesis tightness
-bt=1   # Medium brace tightness
-sbt=1  # Medium square bracket tightness
-bbt=1  # Medium block brace tightness
-nsfs   # No space before semicolons
-nolq   # Don't outdent long quoted strings
-wbb="% + - * / x != == >= <= =~ !~ < > | & >= < = **= += *= &= <<= && += -= /= |= >>= ||= .= %= ^= x="
        # Break before all operators