PrettyPrint Repository

Print titled, line-numbered, source code in landscape mode

Quick Status

Code functions correctly

no known defects

Demonstration code

yes

Documentation

yes - needs more

Test cases

none planned

Static library

Build requires

C++11 default

Planned design changes

None

Fig 1. PrettyPrint GUI

1.0 Content:

PrettyPrint is a WinForms application that uses HP's Printer Control Language (PCL) to print text files in landscape mode with line numbers and relatively small font. I've used it for years to print source code for red-penciling and to copy for distribution in classes. Looking at the printed source with pen in hand can be, for me at least, more effective for analysis and criticism than staring at a monitor.

2.0 Status:

I don't expect to make any updates, and have forgotten most of what I ever knew about PCL.

3.0 Plans:

It might be interesting to re-implement this functionality with LaTeX.