Re: Loading and saving scheme expressions

[Bobby D. Bryant]

On 2002.06.09 00:48:59 -0600 Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote:

> how about:
>
>  (define (load-expr file)
>    (read (open-file file OPEN_READ)))
>
>  (define (save-expr file value)
>    (write value (open-file file OPEN_WRITE))
>    (flush-all-ports))

Is there a way to force pretty-printing to the file?  I've been using 
GUILE for things like user preferences, but if the program modifies it 
and writes it back to the file then it has to be re-formatted for human 
consumption (e.g., if the user wants to hand-edit his/her preferences).

Thanks,

Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas