[REBOL] Re: [new-line new-lines dialect] NEW-LINES dialect wrapper for NEW-LINE func
From: gregg:pointillistic at: 22-May-2007 10:09
Hi Jose,
Your mail client doesn't seem to get along with the ML, WRT new
lines; I've reformatted as best I could.
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fields: [book-id title author publisher price]
;b-data is a block containing repeating fields
new-lines b-data [
["---------------" 15] [book-id]
[50 " " 30] [title author] [20 " " -5] [none price]
["----------------------------------------------------"]
[]
]
The block pair (spec values) in the new-lines spec should be handled
via printf. I think this give the most flexibility to layout the data
and skip any data that you don't want. There should also be some
options either cut long string fields or let the fields expand.
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I think I understand what you mean, but I don't think printf should be
implied in new-lines; APPLYing printf should be a separate step IMO.
-- Gregg
