[debbugs-tracker] bug#12866: closed (24.3.50; (elisp) `%-Constructs': padded with spaces to the right or left?)

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spaces to the right or left?
has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #12866,
regarding 24.3.50; (elisp) `%-Constructs': padded with spaces to the right or 
left?
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> 24.3.50;	(elisp) `%-Constructs': padded with spaces to the right or left?
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> Sun, 11 Nov 2012 16:35:02 -0800
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> The Info node says this near the top:
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>  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.
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> >From what I can see, it pads with spaces to the left of the field, not
> the right.  For example:
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> (set (make-local-variable 'mode-line-position) '("%40l"))
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> It seems to me that that pads the line number with spaces on the left,
> not the right.  But perhaps I'm missing something.
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> In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
>  of 2012-11-05 on MS-W7-DANI
> Bzr revision: 110809 address@hidden
> Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
> Configured using:
>  `configure --with-gcc (4.7) --no-opt --enable-checking --cflags
>  -I../../libs/libXpm-3.5.10/include -I../../libs/libXpm-3.5.10/src
>  -I../../libs/libpng-1.2.37-lib/include -I../../libs/zlib-1.2.5
>  -I../../libs/giflib-4.1.4-1-lib/include
>  -I../../libs/jpeg-6b-4-lib/include
>  -I../../libs/tiff-3.8.2-1-lib/include
>  -I../../libs/libxml2-2.7.8-w32-bin/include/libxml2
>  -I../../libs/gnutls-3.0.9-w32-bin/include
>  -I../../libs/libiconv-1.9.2-1-lib/include'
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> Re: bug#12866: 24.3.50;	(elisp) `%-Constructs': padded with spaces to the right or left?
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> Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:33:05 +0800
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> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
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> > The bug report contrasted the documentation with what the code does.
> > I pointed out that the documentation is only correct as far as string
> > formatting is concerned, but is incorrect wrt numerical formats, which
> > indeed pad on the left.  Hopefully, this will help you know the truth,
> > and will help someone to fix the documentation.
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> Fixed.
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