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'pp' causally mentioned

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Message #16 received at 34504 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 34504 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#34504: 'pp' causally mentioned
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 18:54:12 +0100

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> writes:

> OK it can only do objects, not a collection of objects, which is what
> I suppose a file is. So how to pretty print one's .emacs file with it
> might be mentioned as an exercise for the reader on that page.

There's `pp-buffer'.  It's only a function, however.

Note that AFAIK, pp is nothing more as a very thin wrapper around the
standard Elisp printer that adds some additional line breaks, and even
that in a not very intelligent way.  A good pretty printer you could use
to prettify your .emacs still has to be written.


Michael.

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