TACL Reference Manual

Built-In Functions and Variables
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#OUTFORMAT Built-In Variable
this feature to manage output spacing or to include a trailing space in a prompt, as
follows:
#FRAME
#PUSH #OUTFORMAT
#SET #OUTFORMAT PRETTY
#INPUT Prompt:~_
...
#UNFRAME
TACL
causes TACL to display the internal representations of square brackets ([ and ])
and the vertical line (|) as those characters. It shows actual metacharacters
preceded by tildes (~).