Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" >> 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