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authorJun FURUSE / 古瀬 淳 <jun.furuse@gmail.com>2004-06-18 05:04:14 +0000
committerJun FURUSE / 古瀬 淳 <jun.furuse@gmail.com>2004-06-18 05:04:14 +0000
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@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
at specified break hints, and indents lines according to the box
structure.
+ For a gentle introduction to the basics of prety-printing using
+ [Format], read the FAQ at [http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/format-eng.html].
+
Warning: the material output by the following functions is delayed
in the pretty-printer queue in order to compute the proper line
breaking. Hence, you should not mix calls to the printing functions
@@ -584,7 +587,9 @@ val fprintf : formatter -> ('a, formatter, unit) format -> 'a;;
[nspaces] and [offset] parameters of the break may be
optionally specified with the following syntax:
the [<] character, followed by an integer [nspaces] value,
- then an integer offset, and a closing [>] character.
+ then an integer offset, and a closing [>] character.
+ If no parameters are provided, the good break defaults to a
+ space.
- [@?]: flush the pretty printer as with [print_flush ()].
This is equivalent to the conversion [%!].
- [@.]: flush the pretty printer and output a new line, as with