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diff --git a/doc/user/cpp_chan b/doc/user/cpp_chan index ddedd51..bee0493 100644 --- a/doc/user/cpp_chan +++ b/doc/user/cpp_chan @@ -1,27 +1,28 @@ @Section - @Title { Changing the default values } + @Title { Changing the appearance of all programs simultaneously } @Tag { cpsetup } @Begin @PP -We have just seen that the @Code "@CP" symbol has many options for -changing the appearance of the C text. However, most people would -not want to have a different style for every C text in their document; -they want to define the style once at the start, and have all their -C texts come out in that style without laboriously setting options -on every @Code "@CP" symbol. This is done by copying the setup file -and changing it. +We have just seen that the {@Code "@CP"}, {@Code "@Eiffel"} etc. symbols +have many options for changing the appearance of the program text. However, +most people would not want to have a different style for every program text +in their document; they want to define the style once at the start, and have +all their program texts come out in that style without laboriously setting +options on every symbol. You do this by copying the setup file and +changing it. @PP For general information about how to make your own setup file, consult Section {@NumberOf setup}. The options that determine the default -values are in the @Code "@CPSetup" @Code "@Use" clause near the end of +values are in the @Code "@Use" clause which occupies most of the setup +file. Here is the @Code "@Use" clause from {@Code cprint}: cprint. @Index @Code "@CPSetup" -the @Code "cpsetup." setup file: -@ID @Code @Tab - vmargin { 0.5vx } - @Fmta { @Col A ! @Col B ! @Col C} - @Fmtb { @Col { " #" A } ! @Col { "{" B } ! @Col "}" } +@ID @Code @Tbl + mv { 0.5vx } + aformat { @Cell A | @Cell B | @Cell C } + bformat { @Cell { " #" A } | @Cell { "{" B } | @Cell "}" } { @Rowa A { "@Use { @CPSetup" } +@Rowb A { "pipe" } B { } @Rowb A { "style" } B { fixed } @Rowa @@ -65,13 +66,13 @@ the @Code "cpsetup." setup file: @Rowa A { "}" } } -These show the default font families, font faces, font sizes, line +This shows the default font families, font faces, font sizes, line spacings, and tab settings in force for the three styles, and also that the default style is {@Code "fixed"}. Notice that the font family name for @Code "fixed" style is {@Code "Courier"}, but for the other styles is empty. This causes the @Code "fixed" style to always switch to Courier, and the other styles to use the same font family as in the surrounding -document. +document. The @Code pipe option will be explained in Section {@NumberOf pipes}. @PP To change a default value, delete the preceding @Code "#" and change the part between braces. For example, suppose you are happy with @Code "fixed" @@ -80,4 +81,11 @@ except that you want bold keywords. Then one line needs to be changed, to Or suppose you like @Code "varying" as it stands, but would like it to be the default style rather than {@Code "fixed"}. Again, only one line needs to be changed, to {@Code "style { varying }"}. +@PP +The setup files for the other languages are identical to this one, except +that the symbol after @Code "@Use" is different, and some of the +default values may be different. Changing an option affects only the +language of that setup file; if you have multiple languages you can +have multiple setup files and change their options quite independently +of each other. @End @Section |