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Re: DiskBrowser Software - Work In Progress



On Sep 23, 6:02 am, Andy McFadden <fad...@fadden.com> wrote:
> Jeff Blakeney <jeff.blake...@a2central.com.remove-725-this> wrote:
> > When I saw the screen shots of your project I thought "What a neat idea
> > to break up Applesoft listings by making a colon act as a new line
> > command."  I might use that idea myself someday.
>
> I spent a bunch of time coaxing the Applesoft and Integer BASIC formatters
> in CiderPress to use the exact spacing that "LIST" does, on the theory
> that code is at its most readable when it's in the form your eyes expect
> it to be.
>
> I threw in optional colored syntax highlighting because it's trendy,
> and when not over-used can make stuff more readable.  Sample:http://ciderpress.sourceforge.net/images/big-shk.htm
>
> Splitting every statement into its own line is easy.  Somebody suggested
> some fancier features, like scanning through the program and identifying
> dead code chunks.  Not sure how badly the world needs that though. :-)
>
> http://ciderpress.cvs.sourceforge.net/*checkout*/ciderpress/CiderPres...
>
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Indentation is probably the hardest, because there is no rule to say
that FOR/NEXT loops have to pair up. While I was testing it, I wrote
some pretty weird looking programs.

And there's already a line-wrap option...