| 1 | .TH ANSI2KNR 1 "31 December 1990" |
| 2 | .SH NAME |
| 3 | ansi2knr \- convert ANSI C to Kernighan & Ritchie C |
| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
| 5 | .I ansi2knr |
| 6 | input_file output_file |
| 7 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 8 | If no output_file is supplied, output goes to stdout. |
| 9 | .br |
| 10 | There are no error messages. |
| 11 | .sp |
| 12 | .I ansi2knr |
| 13 | recognizes functions by seeing a non-keyword identifier at the left margin, followed by a left parenthesis, with a right parenthesis as the last character on the line. It will recognize a multi-line header if the last character on each line but the last is a left parenthesis or comma. These algorithms ignore whitespace and comments, except that the function name must be the first thing on the line. |
| 14 | .sp |
| 15 | The following constructs will confuse it: |
| 16 | .br |
| 17 | - Any other construct that starts at the left margin and follows the above syntax (such as a macro or function call). |
| 18 | .br |
| 19 | - Macros that tinker with the syntax of the function header. |