Configuring Indent Rules

There are rules which will check indent of lines. The method of indenting can be configured using one of the following options:

Option	Values	Default Value	Description
indent_style	spaces, smart_tabs	spaces	Indentation will be performed using spaces. Indentation will be performed using tabs and spaces.

The indent_style option can be set globally for all rules and locally for a single file using a configuration:

rules:
   global:
      indent_style: 'smart_tabs'
      indent_size: 2
file_list:
    - ram.vhd:
       rule:
         global:
           indent_style: 'spaces'

spaces Example

Setting the indent_style option to spaces will result in leading whitespace to be converted into spaces.

Violation

architecture rtl of fifo is

\tsignal wr_en : std_logic;

begin

\tb <= "1000" when a = "00" else
\t\t"0100" when a = "01" else
\t\t"0010" when a = "10" else
\t\t"0001" when a = "11";

end architecture rtl;

Fix

architecture rtl of fifo is

  signal wr_en : std_logic;

begin

  b <= "1000" when a = "00" else
       "0100" when a = "01" else
       "0010" when a = "10" else
       "0001" when a = "11";

end architecture rtl;

smart_tabs Example

Setting the indent_style option to smart_tabs will result in leading whitespace to be converted into tabs and spaces. Tabs set the indent and spaces are used for alignment.

Violation

architecture rtl of fifo is

  signal wr_en : std_logic;

begin

  b <= "1000" when a = "00" else
       "0100" when a = "01" else
       "0010" when a = "10" else
       "0001" when a = "11";

end architecture rtl;

Fix

architecture rtl of fifo is

\tsignal wr_en : std_logic;

begin

\tb <= "1000" when a = "00" else
\t     "0100" when a = "01" else
\t     "0010" when a = "10" else
\t     "0001" when a = "11";

end architecture rtl;