| Re: Help with simple parsing in F95 |
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Group: comp.lang.fortran · Group Profile
Author: Gordon SandeGordon Sande Date: Jun 5, 2008 12:13
On 2008-06-05 13:29:18 -0300, deltaquattro gmail.com> said:
> On 5 Giu, 15:03, Paul van Delst noaa.gov> wrote:>> deltaquattrowrote:
> [..]
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>> I just like to indent my output. That's all.
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> Ok, thanks, I was just curious because I seem to recall something
> weird about write formats having to start with 1x...
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If the output is a PRINTER (not to be confused with a printer) then
it will do what column 1 tells it to do. A "1" will cause a page
eject and a "+" will cause overprinting. For the full details see
ASA Print Controls. PRINTERs were standard devices attached to
mainframes. But in Unix if you want a PRINTER you need to use
the ASA filter on the output file to convert the "1" in column 1 to
a FF (FormFeed). And so on...
If you are old enough to know what fanfold paper is then you will
also recall that a format that managed to put "1" in column 1 by
a programming blunder often was immediatley evident when the expected
three pages of output came in three boxes of almost blank paper.
So a format stating with 1x saved trees when your fingers programmed
by themselves. Hey, any excuse is better than none.
Having titles stand out because the rest of the output is indented
sounds like a good start for human factors of the output. The only
thing weird is that someone took the care to do it nicely. Too
much output is both ugly and unreadable.
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