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| author | Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> | 2019-09-30 16:47:48 +0200 |
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| committer | Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> | 2019-09-30 16:47:48 +0200 |
| commit | ab980bd7f5f9ec396ec84254bece6048f36ad8ff (patch) | |
| tree | 96f96c0f439e2c62a163a0cdb0dcf0675ed19068 /src/timefns.c | |
| parent | 224c51075dde7f571e996578d15b5a10eeae43ca (diff) | |
| download | emacs-ab980bd7f5f9ec396ec84254bece6048f36ad8ff.tar.gz | |
Mention locale-related complications in format-time-string doc string
* src/timefns.c (Fformat_time_string): Mention that the width in
specifiers like %NX is often in bytes, not characters (bug#20258).
Diffstat (limited to 'src/timefns.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/timefns.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/timefns.c b/src/timefns.c index 330d5623f08..9509b6b63eb 100644 --- a/src/timefns.c +++ b/src/timefns.c @@ -1437,8 +1437,12 @@ A %-sequence can contain optional flags, field width, and a modifier `^' Use upper case characters if possible. `#' Use opposite case characters if possible. -A field width N is an unsigned decimal integer with a leading digit nonzero. -%NX is like %X, but takes up at least N positions. +A field width N is an unsigned decimal integer with a leading digit +nonzero. %NX is like %X, but takes up at least N positions. The +field width is (on GNU/Linux and some other systems) in measured in +bytes, not characters. It depends on the locale what the width (in +characters) %NX will end up being, especially when there are non-ASCII +characters in %X. The modifiers are: |