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In article <314EEA15.1B85@PentaTechInc.com> posted on Tue, 19 Mar 1996
"Nels P. Olsen" <NelsOlsen@PentaTechInc.com> writes:
   
   Is there a way to get C code formatters (e.g. GNU indent) to
   handle Embedded SQL, either by indenting according to a different
   set of rules, or just leaving it alone (to allow hand-formatting)?

From the indent manual:

Disabling Formatting
====================

   Formatting of C code may be disabled for portions of a program by
embedding special "control comments" in the program.  To turn off
formatting for a section of a program, place the disabling control
comment `/* *INDENT-OFF* */' on a line by itself just before that
section.  Program text scanned after this control comment is output
precisely as input with no modifications until the corresponding
enabling comment is scanned on a line by itself.  The disabling
control comment is `/* *INDENT-ON* */', and any text following the
comment on the line is also output unformatted.  Formatting begins
again with the
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