From: Michael Heerdegen via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Format with %-*
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2024 10:59:10 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87msmreyap.fsf@web.de> (raw)
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Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com> writes:
> How can I construct a format that uses a space spx followed by a field
> of width 13
> into which I insert a label lbv2.
In Elisp we typically use `string-pad' and `truncate-string-to-width'.
It's also possible to add padding with `format' though - like in
(format "%10s" "test") -> " test"
See `format' docstring.
Michael.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-07-09 8:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-07-08 16:07 Format with %-* Heime
2024-07-08 17:47 ` Bruno Barbier
2024-07-08 19:53 ` Heime
2024-07-09 8:07 ` Bruno Barbier
2024-07-09 8:59 ` Michael Heerdegen via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [this message]
2024-07-09 13:39 ` Emanuel Berg
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