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From: "Bobby D. Bryant" <bdbryant@mail.utexas.edu>
Subject: Re: Loading and saving scheme expressions
Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2002 12:53:13 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020609185313.GA8463@pollux.dioscuri> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E17GwVX-0000HL-00@giblet>; from ttn@giblet.glug.org on Sun, Jun 09, 2002 at 00:48:59 -0600

On 2002.06.09 00:48:59 -0600 Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote:

> how about:
> 
>  (define (load-expr file)
>    (read (open-file file OPEN_READ)))
> 
>  (define (save-expr file value)
>    (write value (open-file file OPEN_WRITE))
>    (flush-all-ports))

Is there a way to force pretty-printing to the file?  I've been using 
GUILE for things like user preferences, but if the program modifies it 
and writes it back to the file then it has to be re-formatted for human 
consumption (e.g., if the user wants to hand-edit his/her preferences).

Thanks,

Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas

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  reply	other threads:[~2002-06-09 18:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-06-09  6:14 Loading and saving scheme expressions Joris van der Hoeven
2002-06-09  6:48 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2002-06-09 18:53   ` Bobby D. Bryant [this message]
2002-06-10 16:49     ` Marius Vollmer

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