include module type of struct include Pp endtype +'tag t = 'tag Pp.tA document that is not yet rendered. The argument is the type of tags in the document. For instance tags might be used for styles.
val nop : _ tA pretty printer that prints nothing
concat ?sep l prints elements in l separated by sep. sep defaults to nop.
Convenience function for List.map followed by concat
val verbatim : string -> _ tAn indivisible block of text
val char : char -> _ tA single character
val text : string -> _ tPrint a bunch of text. The line may be broken at any spaces in the text.
val textf : ('a, unit, string, _ t) Stdlib.format4 -> 'aSame as text but take a format string as argument.
val space : _ tspace instructs the pretty-printing algorithm that the line may be broken at this point. If the algorithm decides not to break the line, a single space will be printed instead.
So for instance verbatim "x" ++ space ++ verbatim "y" might produce "x y" or "x\n<indentation>y".
val cut : _ tcut instructs the pretty-printing algorithm that the line may be broken at this point. If the algorithm decides not to break the line, nothing is printed instead.
So for instance verbatim "x" ++ space ++ verbatim "y" might produce "xy" or "x\n<indentation>y".
val break : nspaces:int -> shift:int -> _ tbreak is a generalisation of space and cut. It also instructs the pretty-printing algorithm that the line may be broken at this point. If it ends up being broken, shift will be added to the indentation level, otherwise nspaces spaces will be printed. shift can be negative, in which case the indentation will be reduced.
val custom_break :
fits:(string * int * string) ->
breaks:(string * int * string) ->
_ tcustom_break ~fits:(a, b, c) ~breaks:(x, y, z) is a generalisation of break. It also instructs the pretty-printing algorithm that the line may be broken at this point. If it ends up being broken, x is printed, the line breaks, y will be added to the indentation level and z is printed, otherwise a will be printed, b spaces are printed and then c is printed. The indentation y can be negative, in which case the indentation will be reduced.
val newline : _ tForce a newline to be printed
Boxes are the basic components to control the layout of the text. Break hints such as space and cut may cause the line to be broken, depending on the splitting rules. Whenever a line is split, the rest of the material printed in the box is indented with indent.
You can think of a box with indentation as something with this shape:
######################### <- first line
<indent>#################
<indent>#################
<indent>#################
<indent>#################And the top left corner of this shape is anchored where the box was declared. So for instance, the following document:
Pp.verbatim "....." ++ Pp.box ~indent:2 (Pp.text "some long ... text")would produce:
.....some long ...
textTry to put as much as possible on each line. Additionally, a break hint always break the line if the breaking would reduce the indentation level inside the box (break with negative shift value).
If possible, print everything on one line. Otherwise, behave as a vbox
Try to put as much as possible on each line. Basically the same as box but without the rule about breaks with negative shift value.
Tags are arbitrary pieces of information attached to a document. They can be used to add styles to pretty-printed text, for instance to print to the terminal with colors.
enumerate l ~f produces an enumeration of the form:
- item1
- item2
- item3
...chain l ~f is used to print a succession of items that follow each other. It produces an output of this form:
item1
-> item2
-> item3
...module O = Pp.Oval to_fmt : Stdlib.Format.formatter -> _ t -> unitRender a document to a classic formatter
val of_fmt : (Stdlib.Format.formatter -> 'a -> unit) -> 'a -> _ tInject a classic formatter in a document.
Disclaimer: this function is to meant to help using Pp in existing code that already use the Format module without having to port everything to Pp. It is not meant as the normal way to create Pp.t values.
module Ast = Pp.Astto_ast t will try to convert t to Ast.t. When t contains values constructed with of_fmt, this function will fail and return Error ()
val compare :
compare:('a -> 'a -> Ordering.t) ->
'a Pp.t ->
'a Pp.t ->
Ordering.tThis version of Pp.compare uses Ordering.t rather than returning an int.