[climacs-devel] Question about the info-pane display function

[Robert Strandh]

Paolo Amoroso writes:
 > Robert Strandh <strandh at labri.fr> writes:
 > 
 > > Hard to say.  I thing Max-Gerd Retzlaff has the right idea that
 > > PRESENT should be used.  But that excludes a general format string it
 > > seems.  A special version of a very restricted version of format that
 > > uses PRESENT is a possibility.  
 > 
 > What about WITH-OUTPUT-AS-PRESENTATION?

Sure, but, I think the point is that there are several pieces of
information in the info pane, and each one could have a different
presentation type.  Since format calls ordinary print functions, it
won't do. 
-- 
Robert Strandh

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