HELP PRINT A. Sloman, March 1989
This file provides an overview of printing related documentation for
Pop-11 and Poplog.
HELP *PRINTING
- on printing files
HELP *PRINTARROW
- the print arrow ("=>") in POP-11
REF *PRINT
- details of printing facilities in POP-11 (including variables that
control printing)
REF *PRINT/radix_apply
- describes a procedure for invoking printing functions with
different values of pop_pr_radix, for printing in binary, octal,
hexadecimal, etc.
HELP *IO
- overview of input-output facilities in Pop-11
REF *SYSIO
- for further, more technical, information on I/O facilities in
Poplog
HELP files on specific printing procedures in POP-11:
*PR - the standard printing procedure. Calls *SYSPR*SYSPR - the standard procedure which prints its argument
*SYS_SYSPR - prints all data classes in standard format
*CHAROUT - outputs a character to the terminal
*CLASSES/class_print - printing procedure associated with each class
*CUCHAROUT - the character consumer currently in use
*CUCHARERR - the character consumer for error printing
*CUCHARTRACE - holds the character consumer for TRACE printing
*FORMAT_PRINT - provides a wide range of printing options
*NEWPR - procedure allowing special printing of specified items
*NL - prints a specified number of newlines
*POPPRINT - for pretty-printing lists containing POP-11 text
*POPSYSCALL - controls printing of calling sequence in error messages
*POP_PR_PLACES - controls printing of decimals
*POP_PR_EXPONENT - causes numbers to be printed in exponent form
*POP_PR_QUOTES - controls printing of "'" around strings
*POP_PR_RADIX - specifies radix to which numbers are printed, e.g.
binary, octal, decimal, hexadecial.
*POP_PR_RATIOS - if false, ratios are printed as decimals
*PPR - prints lists etc. in an easily readable format
*PRINTARROW - on the use of the print arrows => and ==>
*PRINTF - provides formatted printing for strings and POP-11
objects
*PRNUM - the number printing procedure
*PRMISHAP - prints error messages; user-redefinable
*PRWARNING - prints warning messages; user-redefinable
*QUOTE_PR - prints words and strings in quotes
*SPR - prints its argument followed by a space
*SYSPRMISHAP - prints out error messages
*SYSPRWARNING - prints a warning when a variable is automatically declared
*TABS - prints a specified number of tab characters
*VEDLMR_ERRS_IN_FILE
- printing error messages from "load marked range" in VED
*VEDLMR_PRINT_IN_FILE
- printing messages from "load marked range" in VED
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