[Orca-users] Re: orcallator.se question

Blair Zajac blair at orcaware.com
Thu Feb 7 12:10:54 PST 2002


jontankersleyateds wrote:
> 
> Do the printf's with width help any?  Or could we drop the width and
> just retain the decimal counts?  Are they really that meaningful
> anymore with 100's and 1000's of columns?

They help to order the output, but you're right, they don't help a whole
lot on the amount of data being recorded.

> 
> I've found that investigation with vi tends to fail more often with
> the spaces left in than without.

Use XEmacs.  It never wipes out :)  Vim may also be a better bet.

Best,
Blair

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