diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'txr.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | txr.1 | 26 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -26945,6 +26945,20 @@ or prefix character is present in the width specifier, then the field is adjusted according to that character. +The padding calculations for alignment and centering take into account +character display width, as defined by the +.code display-width +function. For instance, a character string containing four Chinese +characters (kanji) has a display width of 8, not 4. + +The width specification does not restrict the printed portion of a datum. +Rather, for some kinds of conversions, it is the precision specification that +performs such truncation. A datum's display width (or that of its printed +portion, after such truncation is applied) can equal or exceed the specified +field width. In this situation it overflows the field: the printed portion is +rendered in its entirety without any padding applied on either side for +alignment or centering. + .meIP < precision The precision specifier is introduced by a leading comma. If this comma appears immediately after the directive's @@ -27007,9 +27021,15 @@ numbers are unconditionally prefixed with a .code - sign. -For all other objects, the precision specifies the maximum number of characters -to print. The object's printed representation is crudely truncated at that -number of characters. +For all other objects, the precision specifies the maximum number of +print positions to occupy, taking into account the display width of each +character of the printed representation of the object, as according +to the +.code display-width +function. The object's printed representation is truncated, if necessary, to +the maximum number of characters which will not exceed the specified number of +print positions. + .RE .TP* "Format directives:" |