[ALLY] How do I view layout code Re:
From: petr:krenzelok:trz:cz at: 12-Sep-2000 7:39
[larry--ecotope--com] wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I was running some tests with View 0.10.33.3.1 and wanted to see the code
> produced by 'layout. I entered this line of code:
>
> >>layo: layout [box 240x240 red]
>
> then
>
> >>view layo ;works fine
>
> but
> >> print mold layo
>
> runs on for quite some time. So I wrote the output to a file:
>
> write %layo.txt mold layo
>
> The file is 428kB, 11,249 lines of code! The reason is that it contains 2
> complete copies of all the VID styles, one under styles: and one under
> styles: in the object in the pane block. I also noticed that there are
> several recursive blocks in the output indicated by [...]. Some of them are
> associated with the init: field.
>
> IIRC we used to be able to probe or mold the face object produced by layout.
> Is there any way to do that now, without sorting through half a megabyte or
> more?
>
> Have I missed something simple?
> Is this a bug in 'mold?
Mabe a new feature? :-)
-pekr-
