[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #52714] whos_line_format command "%c" does not work if without a modifier ("l" or "r")

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                 Summary: whos_line_format command "%c" does not work if
without a modifier ("l" or "r")
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Thu 21 Dec 2017 02:13:16 PM UTC
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.2.1
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

The docstring of whos_line_format says that
"Every command may also have an alignment modifier".

But as long as there is "%c" in the string of whos_line_format, running "whos"
will raise an error.  To avoid error, an modifier must be added i.e. to use
"%lc" or "%rc".


octave:271>  whos_line_format ("%c;\n")
octave:272>  whos
Variables in the current scope:

error: whos_line_format: ';' is not a command
octave:272>  whos_line_format ("%c:-1;\n")
octave:273>  whos
Variables in the current scope:

error: whos_line_format: ':' is not a command


It seems that once it sees "%c" in the string, it takes "c" as a modifier
rather than a command.




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