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bug#41571: 27.0.91; "(elisp) Interpolated Strings" is under "(elisp) Tex
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Basil L. Contovounesios |
Subject: |
bug#41571: 27.0.91; "(elisp) Interpolated Strings" is under "(elisp) Text" |
Date: |
Fri, 29 May 2020 19:35:31 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
0001-Improve-format-spec-documentation-bug-41571.patch
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob@tcd.ie>
>> Cc: 41571@debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 11:41:54 +0100
>>
>> While I'm at it, may I change the node name?
>
> Sure, the names aren't cast in stone, and the current one doesn't
> strike me as especially successful/accurate.
>
>> In fact, couldn't format-spec be documented alongside format and
>> format-message under "(elisp) Formatting Strings"?
>
> I thought about that as well when I read your original message, but
> concluded that "Formatting Strings" is already too long. We could
> end that node with a sentence referring to the next one, so that
> interested readers could continue there right away. WDYT?
SGTM.
>> Just to recap: format-spec is like format, except it allows custom
>> %-sequence characters, such as %z, which are substituted in a similar
>> way to format's %s. A common use case is to allow users to customise
>> different output presented to them via custom format control strings.
>
> This text is sorely missed at the beginning of the node about
> format-spec.
How's the attached for emacs-27?
Thanks,
--
Basil