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GNU Enscript converts ASCII files to PostScript, HTML, and other output languages, applying language sensitive highlighting (similar to Emacs's font lock mode). Here are a few states files for highlighting Standard ML.

- sml_simple.st -- Provides highlighting of keywords, string and character constants, and (nested) comments.

      (* Comments (* can be nested *) *)
      structure S = struct
        val x = (1, 2, "three")
      end

- sml_verbose.st -- Supersedes the above, adding highlighting of numeric constants. Due to the limited parsing available, numeric record labels are highlighted as numeric constants, in all contexts. Likewise, a binding precedence separated from `infix` or `infixr` by a newline is highlighted as a numeric constant and a numeric record label selector separated from `#` by a newline is highlighted as a numeric constant.

      structure S = struct
        (* These look good *)
        val x = (1, 2, "three")
        val z = #2 x

        (* Although these look bad (not all the numbers are constants),       *
         * they never occur in practice, as they are equivalent to the above. *)
        val x = {1 = 1, 3 = "three", 2 = 2}
        val z = #
                  2 x
      end

- sml_fancy.st -- Supersedes the above, adding highlighting of type and constructor bindings, highlighting of explicit binding of type variables at `val` and `fun` declarations, and separate highlighting of core and modules level keywords. Due to the limited parsing available, it is assumed that the input is a syntactically correct, top-level declaration.

      structure S = struct
        val x = (1, 2, "three")
        datatype 'a t = T of 'a
             and u = U of v * v
        withtype v = {left: int t, right: int t}
        exception E1 of int and E2
        fun 'a id (x: 'a) : 'a = x

        (* Although this looks bad (the explicitly bound type variable 'a is *
         * not highlighted), it is unlikely to occur in practice.            *)
        val
            'a id = fn (x : 'a) => x
      end

- sml_gaudy.st -- Supersedes the above, adding highlighting of type annotations, in both expressions and signatures. Due to the limited parsing available, it is assumed that the input is a syntactically correct, top-level declaration.

      signature S = sig
        type t
        val x : t
        val f : t * int -> int
      end
      structure S : S = struct
        datatype t = T of int
        val x : t = T 0
        fun f (T x, i : int) : int = x + y
        fun 'a id (x: 'a) : 'a = x
      end

## Install and use

- Version 1.6.3 of GNU Enscript

- Copy all files to `/usr/share/enscript/hl/` or `.enscript/` in your home directory.

- Invoke `enscript` with `--highlight=sml_simple` (or `--highlight=sml_verbose` or `--highlight=sml_fancy` or `--highlight=sml_gaudy`).

- Version 1.6.1 of GNU Enscript

- Append sml_all.st to `/usr/share/enscript/enscript.st`

- Invoke `enscript` with `--pretty-print=sml_simple` (or `--pretty-print=sml_verbose` or `--pretty-print=sml_fancy` or `--pretty-print=sml_gaudy`).

This WebSite uses `sml_fancy` to pretty-print Standard ML source code. Comments and suggestions should be directed to MatthewFluet.

Last edited on 2006-11-02 17:41:43 by MatthewFluet.