From: Chong Yidong Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 08:32:43 +0000 (+0800) Subject: * modes.texi (%-Constructs): Fix statement about mode construct padding. X-Git-Tag: emacs-24.2.90~10 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=90d99fdf02ce6494b7e004936e467da6edd2bf73;p=emacs.git * modes.texi (%-Constructs): Fix statement about mode construct padding. Fixes: debbugs:12866 --- diff --git a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog index 40bd3c2cbbe..23da5634889 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2012-11-23 Chong Yidong + + * modes.texi (%-Constructs): Fix statement about mode construct + padding (Bug#12866). + 2012-11-21 Stefan Monnier * debugging.texi (Profiling): Make it more clear diff --git a/doc/lispref/modes.texi b/doc/lispref/modes.texi index 0634cddff84..55d838d111e 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/modes.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/modes.texi @@ -2086,11 +2086,16 @@ specifies addition of text properties. @subsection @code{%}-Constructs in the Mode Line Strings used as mode line constructs can use certain -@code{%}-constructs to substitute various kinds of data. Here is a -list of the defined @code{%}-constructs, and what they mean. In any -construct except @samp{%%}, you can add a decimal integer after the -@samp{%} to specify a minimum field width. If the width is less, the -field is padded with spaces to the right. +@code{%}-constructs to substitute various kinds of data. The +following is a list of the defined @code{%}-constructs, and what they +mean. + + In any construct except @samp{%%}, you can add a decimal integer +after the @samp{%} to specify a minimum field width. If the width is +less, the field is padded to that width. Purely numeric constructs +(@samp{c}, @samp{i}, @samp{I}, and @samp{l}) are padded by inserting +spaces to the left, and others are padded by inserting spaces to the +right. @table @code @item %b