Re: What is a prettyprinter?

In article <1ehaifINN1tq@emory.mathcs.emory.edu>, jbaker@bluegrass-emh1.army.mil ("John Baker, Blue Grass Army Depot") writes: >Path: >infonode!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wupost!emory!emory!not-for-mai >il >From: jbaker@bluegrass-emh1.army.mil ("John Baker, Blue Grass Army >Depot") >Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix >Subject: What is a prettyprinter? >Date: 19 Nov 1992 19:13:03 -0500 >Organization: Mailing List Gateway >Lines: 16 >Sender: walt@mathcs.emory.edu >Distribution: world >Message-ID: <1ehaifINN1tq@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> >Reply-To: jbaker@bluegrass-emh1.army.mil ("John Baker, Blue Grass Army >Depot") >NNTP-Posting-Host: emory.mathcs.emory.edu >X-Informix-List-ID: <list.1627> > >Jack Parker asked Joe Ryburn: > >> Just for the rest of us, what is a prettyprinter or a vgrind? >> Is prettyprinter in the eye of the beholder? >> is vgrind a new dancefloor thing? > >I second his questions. I've never heard of a "prettyprinter" and none >of >our AT&T UNIX manuals have an entry for "vgrind." OK, Folks, a 'pretty printer' is a program which formats source code into a pleasing and useful form for study and documentation. Usually with options like line and Page numbers, sometimes an Index, etc. Vgrind is a system on bsd (sources are available, 'cause my system didn't come with vgrind) to format files of varying source formats. > >Just curious. >--- >John >--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=-- >John Baker, Directorate of Infor Mgt. Blue Grass Army Depot, Lexington, KY >jbaker@bluegrass-emh1.army.mil Phone: (606) 293-3644, 293-3743 DSN: 745- >--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=-- >