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| author | Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> | 2011-07-03 15:02:43 +0200 |
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| committer | Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> | 2011-07-03 15:02:43 +0200 |
| commit | a9ab721e7fdbedd15e520f74c9c90154a8c36669 (patch) | |
| tree | 6f286ed15fac8d6e5e269a75dce1de63b47948bd /src/editfns.c | |
| parent | 79414ae4dfe70ef065a4afbcbfbcfbdec359fd8c (diff) | |
Clarify what the "-" and "0" flags mean in the `format' function
(bug#6659).
Diffstat (limited to 'src/editfns.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/editfns.c | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/editfns.c b/src/editfns.c index 5328b714b0..c470c9be98 100644 --- a/src/editfns.c +++ b/src/editfns.c @@ -3557,7 +3557,8 @@ The width specifier supplies a lower limit for the length of the printed representation. The padding, if any, normally goes on the left, but it goes on the right if the - flag is present. The padding character is normally a space, but it is 0 if the 0 flag is present. -The - flag takes precedence over the 0 flag. +The 0 flag is ignored if the - flag is present, or the format sequence +is something other than %d, %e, %f, and %g. For %e, %f, and %g sequences, the number after the "." in the precision specifier says how many decimal places to show; if zero, the |