From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12866: 24.3.50; (elisp) `%-Constructs': padded with spaces to the right or left? Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 05:38:23 +0200 Message-ID: <83pq3jwkwg.fsf@gnu.org> References: <6AF52605E30148ED8B17B728582BD036@us.oracle.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1352691529 27351 80.91.229.3 (12 Nov 2012 03:38:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 03:38:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 12866@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 12 04:38:59 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TXkrS-0004Wz-GK for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 04:38:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52098 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TXkrJ-0008N5-16 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2012 22:38:49 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:40617) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TXkrD-0008Mo-Q7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2012 22:38:46 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TXkrA-0005JM-OE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2012 22:38:43 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:52122) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TXkrA-0005JI-Kn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2012 22:38:40 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TXkrW-0003r5-6a for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2012 22:39:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 03:39:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12866 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 12866-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12866.135269152114795 (code B ref 12866); Mon, 12 Nov 2012 03:39:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12866) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Nov 2012 03:38:41 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34140 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TXkrB-0003qZ-4D for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2012 22:38:41 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:33749) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TXkr4-0003qM-AY for 12866@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2012 22:38:36 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MDC00B00V8O2100@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for 12866@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 05:38:10 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MDC00AE5VFMSO60@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 05:38:10 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <6AF52605E30148ED8B17B728582BD036@us.oracle.com> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-Spam-Score: 1.5 (+) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-Spam-Score: 1.5 (+) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:66784 Archived-At: > From: "Drew Adams" > Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 16:35:02 -0800 > > 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. > > >From what I can see, it pads with spaces to the left of the field, not > the right. For example: > > (set (make-local-variable 'mode-line-position) '("%40l")) > > It seems to me that that pads the line number with spaces on the left, > not the right. But perhaps I'm missing something. I think string formats, like %s, are padded to the right. IOW, the padding behaves like in C.