prettyprint

(idea) by Jargon (2.2 y) Thu Jul 19 2001 at 14:14:42
pretty pictures = P = pretzel key

prettyprint /prit'ee-print/ v.

(alt. `pretty-print') 1. To generate `pretty' human-readable output from a hairy internal representation; esp. used for the process of grinding (sense 1) program code, and most esp. for LISP code. 2. To format in some particularly slick and nontrivial way.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

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