Re: Thoughts on Format

From: bill_kempf (williamkempf_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-01-29 11:42:11

--- In boost_at_y..., "Brey, Edward D" <EdwardDBrey_at_e...> wrote:
> > From: Stewart, Robert [mailto:stewart_at_s...]
> > 
> > The directionality of < and > will work well for left and 
> > right alignment.
> > What about centering?  printf() and IOStreams don't provide 
> > for that, but
> > it's a common formatting task that I'd rather the library got 
> > right once and
> > for all.
> 
> Yes, centering would be helpful (although less so in a spring tab
> environment).  '=' might be a good character to represent it, 
depending on
> the surrounding syntax.

If left is < and right is > why shouldn't center be ^?

Bill Kempf