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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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 21:37:36 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m24nkur20f.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83pq3jwkwg.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Mon, 12 Nov 2012 05:38:23 +0200")

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> I think string formats, like %s, are padded to the right.  IOW, the
> padding behaves like in C.

No, in printf padding direction does not dependent on the format
character, only on the alignment flag.  But mode-line formatting doesn't
have an alignment flag.

Andreas.

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2012-11-12 20:37 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
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 [this message]

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