mixing-Bird-code-and-other

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0.9.1.18. Mixing code in "Bird tracks" with other code

When you put something in a code environment, e.g.,

\begin{code}
main _ = [ AppendChan stdout "Hi, Mom!\n" ]

\end{code}

there is no doubt about what should be considered the "first column". On the other hand, if you see a "Bird track" equivalent:

> main _ = [ AppendChan stdout "Hi, Mom!\n" ]

obviously the initial `>' should be stripped, but what about the space following? This matters if the code is to be put through, e.g., a C pre-processor, which looks for #'s in column 1.

The solution I lean to is to have an option that says how much whitespace should be stripped off the front of Bird-track style code lines.