Re: Ada++

["Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org>]

On 6/13/2020 5:03 AM, gautier_niouzes@hotmail.com wrote:
>> It is not possible to do this in Ada. Well, it is,  but it will
>> be very very cumbersome.
>>
>> Here are some very basic examples using Ruby, Perl and C++
>>
>> https://www.12000.org/my_notes/here_document/index.htm
> 
>> It is not possible to do this in Ada. Well, it is,  but it will
>> be very very cumbersome.
> 
> No, it's piece of cake! Just use the right editor :-) .
> 
>> Here are some very basic examples using Ruby, Perl and C++
>>
>> https://www.12000.org/my_notes/here_document/index.htm
> 
> Done with LEA in a few mouse clicks and key strokes (lines truncated here because of the max columns of newsgroups).
> 
> with HAC_Pack;  use HAC_Pack;
> 
> procedure Easy is
> begin
>    Put_Line("\documentclass[12pt,titlepage]{article}                _");
>    Put_Line("\begin{document}                                       _");
>    Put_Line("\title{%(title)s}                                      _");
>    Put_Line("\date{%(date)s}                                        _");
>    Put_Line("                                                       _");
>    Put_Line("The following in known equation $\sin^2(x)+\cos^2(x)=1$_");
>    Put_Line("is 100%(p)s correct. This was written on %(date)s and t_");
>    Put_Line("string ""I am a string"" and this is \n which is left a_");
>    Put_Line("                                                       _");
>    Put_Line("\end{document}                                         _");
> end;
> 

Thanks, But that is my point.

I do not want to do that, even if it is done by an editor.

I'd rather just write, for example, in Python:

s =r"""
\documentclass[12pt,titlepage]{article}
\begin{document}
\title{%(title)s}
\date{%(date)s}
  
The following in known equation $\sin^2(x)+\cos^2(x)=1$ and this
is 100%(p)s correct. This was written on %(date)s and this is a
string "I am a string" and this is \n which is left as is.
  
\end{document}
"""

Which I can do in any editor, even using notepad.exe on windows :)

And if I have to edit it again (add/remove stuff), which happens
all the time, much easier to edit the raw string, than your version.

--Nasser