Re: [Caml-list] A question about Format boxes

[Martin Jambon <martin.jambon@ens-lyon.org>]

On 09/13/2012 08:00 AM, Michael Welsh Duggan wrote:
> The example at
> <URL:http://caml.inria.fr/resources/doc/guides/format.en.html#hov-boxes>
> shows a major difference in the output of packing versus structural hov
> boxes.  However, in my experiments I cannot achieve the output this
> example assigns to "packing" boxes.  (OCaml 3.12)
>
> My examples from the REPL are below.  Would someone be able to tell me
> what I am doing incorrectly?
>
> # Format.printf "@[<hv 2>(---@\n@[<hv 2>(---@\n@[<hv 2>(---@,)@]@,)@]@,)@]@\n";;
> (---
>    (---
>      (---)))
> - : unit = ()
> # Format.printf "@[<hov 2>(---@\n@[<hov 2>(---@\n@[<hov 2>(---@,)@]@,)@]@,)@]@\n";;
> (---
>    (---
>      (---)))
> - : unit = ()
> # Format.printf "@[<2>(---@\n@[<2>(---@\n@[<2>(---@,)@]@,)@]@,)@]@\n";;
> (---
>    (---
>      (---)))
> - : unit = ()
> # Format.printf "@[<b 2>(---@\n@[<b 2>(---@\n@[<b 2>(---@,)@]@,)@]@,)@]@\n";;
> (---
>    (---
>      (---)))
> - : unit = ()

I have no idea what you're doing wrong, but I can suggest you try 
easy-format (http://mjambon.com/easy-format.html) which lets you choose 
and customize various indentation styles.


Martin