Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac:19499 comp.sys.mac.programmer:2147 Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!elroy!peregrine!zardoz!hodge!pnet06!thecloud From: thecloud@pnet06.cts.com (Ken Mcleod) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: LSP 2.0 Message-ID: <1918@hodge.UUCP> Date: 16 Aug 88 09:16:27 GMT Sender: rusty@hodge.UUCP Organization: People-Net [pnet06], Orange, CA Lines: 21 singer@endor.harvard.edu (Rich Siegel) writes: > Because of the way the prettyprinter is central to Lightspeed >Pascal's design, it can't be turned off. However, the version 2 pretty >pritnter can be customized, so formatting such as you have described >is possible. This is not good news. Not being able to turn off automatic formatting, regardless of how customizable it is, seems a serious mistake... in fact, I'm now having second thoughts about ordering the upgrade. I'm resisting the impulse to flame, since I think both LSC and LSP are generally pretty wonderful, and have taken their share of bashing on the net already, But p-p-pleeeeeeease...let it be noted, as an advance response to the questionnaire on the LSP 2.0 order form: I despise LSP's automatic pretty printer. The questions regarding it on the order form seem to imply that it could go away, if enough people voice their dislike... ========== ==================================== ....... =========== Ken McLeod UUCP: {crash uunet}!pnet06!thecloud :. .: "Kenneth, ---------- ARPA: crash!pnet06!thecloud@nosc.mil :::.. ..::: what is the thecloud@pnet06.cts.com | thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com //// frequency?"