Re: Need a 4GL pretty printer with syntax highlightning and other advanced stuff
Posted in 1997
Soeren Dalby wrote: > > Would you like a Pretty Printer for Informix 4GL that can: > > * Advanced Syntax highlightning > * Selectable fonts and colors (For each element: Keywords, identifiers > etc.) > * Selecting landscape, portrait, LANDSCAPE WITH TWO COLUMNS, else ? > * User defined Headers and footers > * Facility that let you print source that is modified since last printout > * Print odd/even pages that let you print source on both pages > * Keep logical units such as procedures and structures on same page (Move > to start of next page if size exceeds the space left on current page) > * Anything else ?? > > On a MS Windows platform > > I am planning to write such a tool and I need your opinion on this. Would > you like such a tool and would you be ready to pay for it ? Does it need to > contain other facilities other than those I mentioned ?? > > I need YOUR opinion. Please respond by mail Soeren, check out a2ps, which already has some facility to highlight key words in many languages. Start by looking into the a2ps home page: http://www-inf.enst.fr/~demaille/a2ps.html Perhaps you can add your expertise to this already excellent utility. -- -- Jake (In pursuit of undomesticated aquatic avians) +----------------------------------------------------------+ |Aside from that, how did you enjoy the play, Mrs. Lincoln?| +----------------------------------------------------------+