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From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 12866@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12866: 24.3.50; (elisp) `%-Constructs': padded with spaces to the right or left?
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 01:44:48 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAAeL0SQhv8kYgavR5WzcyyAi7-pg=bqRwb0KZBLcZwTUsQb1mA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6AF52605E30148ED8B17B728582BD036@us.oracle.com>

> The Info node says this near the top:
>
>  In any construct except `%%', you can add a decimal integer after the
>  `%' to specify a minimum field width.  If the width is less, the field
>  is padded with spaces to the right.

I think it was meant to say "is padded, with spaces, to the right", or
more clearly, "is padded to the right with spaces".

    Juanma





  reply	other threads:[~2012-11-12  0:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-11-12  0:35 bug#12866: 24.3.50; (elisp) `%-Constructs': padded with spaces to the right or left? Drew Adams
2012-11-12  0:44 ` Juanma Barranquero [this message]
2012-11-12  1:12   ` Drew Adams
2012-11-12  1:27     ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-11-12  2:29       ` Drew Adams
2012-11-12  3:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-12  3:45   ` Drew Adams
2012-11-12 15:45     ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-12 15:55       ` Drew Adams
2012-11-23  8:33       ` Chong Yidong
2012-11-12 20:37   ` Andreas Schwab

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