Hi Hans-Peter,
I double-checked the code and found the following.
1. There is a user preference named *DISCARD-INDENTATION* that
controls whether the ∇-editor and *⎕FX* shall keep or discard leading
and trailing blanks in the lines of defined functions. Setting this
preference to Yes should give the IBM APL2 behavior. Not setting
it (the default) or setting it to Yes should give the behavior that
you expected.
2. Both the ∇-editor and *⎕FX* obey that preference.
3. However, monadic *⎕CR* did not obey that preference.
That is, your leading blanks were discarded by *⎕CR* (and
not by *⎕FX*).
4. I have fixed 3. in *SVN 1969*:
*
⎕FX 'FOO' ' bar' ' bar'
FOO
8 ⎕CR ⎕CR 'FOO'
┌→──────┐
↓FOO │
│ bar │
│ bar│
└───────┘
*
Best Regards,
Jürgen
On 2/27/26 15:21, Hans-Peter Sorge wrote:
Hi Jürgen,
the ∇-editor does indeed preserve leading space for ««« ... »»»
[0] x
[1] t←«««
[2] text1
[3] longtext2
[4] what ever
[5] »»»
[6] t
x
text1
longtext2
what ever
Could ⍞FX use the same logic?
It would simplify more elaborate and structured help output.
Best Regards
Hans-Peter
On 27/02/2026 13:19, Dr. Jürgen Sauermann wrote:
Hi Hans-Peter,
thanks. What you see is the standard APL2 behavior
(see attached screenshot). ⎕FX and the ∇-editor
discard leading whitespace.
Best Regards,
Jürgen
On 2/26/26 20:48, Hans-Peter Sorge wrote:
Hi,
⎕FX does not maintain the multi-line string fidelity,
leading spaces get removed.:
m←'x' 'h← «««' 'ddddd' ' lpppp' '»»»'
⊃m
x
h← «««
ddddd
lpppp
»»»
⎕FX m
⊃h
ddddd
lpppp
∇x[⎕]
∇
[0] x
[1] h← «««
[2] ddddd
[3] lpppp
[4] »»»
∇
Best Regards
Hans-Peter
