From unknown Mon Jun 23 20:20:49 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#12777: 24.2; Please support '$' in format specifications Resent-From: Ivan Vilata i Balaguer Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:16:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 12777 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: 12777@debbugs.gnu.org X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.135177575710749 (code B ref -1); Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:16:02 +0000 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Nov 2012 13:15:57 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42743 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TTucn-0002nK-Eo for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 01 Nov 2012 09:15:57 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:50905) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TTucl-0002nD-A5 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 01 Nov 2012 09:15:55 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TTua7-0008Oe-EK for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 01 Nov 2012 09:13:12 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]:40256) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TTua7-0008OY-Au for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 01 Nov 2012 09:13:11 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:36132) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TTua6-0000Lt-6Y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Nov 2012 09:13:11 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TTua1-0008Nu-1f for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Nov 2012 09:13:10 -0400 Received: from lev.selidor.net ([66.246.138.156]:60058) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TTua0-0008NH-UH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Nov 2012 09:13:04 -0400 Received: from rampella.terramar.selidor.net (rampella.selidor.net [IPv6:2600:3c03:e001:1144::1]) by lev.selidor.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 917E6C9CE; Thu, 1 Nov 2012 13:13:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by rampella.terramar.selidor.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 85B1F5A216B; Thu, 1 Nov 2012 14:12:59 +0100 (CET) From: Ivan Vilata i Balaguer Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:12:59 +0100 Message-ID: <87a9v1ii04.fsf@rampella.terramar.selidor.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 208.118.235.17 X-Spam-Score: -4.2 (----) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.9 (------) Hello! It'd be nice if the "format" function allowed "%m$" specifications (as long supported by glibc) so that arguments can be formatted in a different order than they were provided to the function. - It's very useful for translating format strings, e.g: (format "%d %s-%s" 2 "1KiB" "blocks") -> "2 1KiB-blocks" v some string translation... (format "%1$d %3$s de %2$d" 2 "1KiB" "bloques") -> "2 bloques de 1KiB" - It allows more flexible conversions for simple exporting templates. For instance Org mode passes an hyperlink URL and text through a customizable LaTeX format string like "\\href{%s}{%s}". Producing footnotes instead would be as simple as setting the format string to "%2$s\\footnote{%1$s}". Currently it's impossible to place the text before the URL. Thank you very much. In GNU Emacs 24.2.1 (powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.10) of 2012-09-09 on praetorius, modified by Debian Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11204000 Configured using: `configure '--build' 'powerpc-linux-gnu' '--build' 'powerpc-linux-gnu' '--prefix=/usr' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/lib' '--localstatedir=/var/lib' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--with-pop=yes' '--enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs24:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/24.2/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/24.2/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp' '--with-crt-dir=/usr/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu' '--with-x=yes' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk' '--with-toolkit-scroll-bars' 'build_alias=powerpc-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wall' 'CPPFLAGS=-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2'' Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: nil value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil value of $LANG: ca_ES.UTF-8 value of $XMODIFIERS: nil locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix default enable-multibyte-characters: t -- Ivan Vilata i Balaguer -- https://elvil.net/ From unknown Mon Jun 23 20:20:49 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#12777: 24.2; Please support '$' in format specifications Resent-From: npostavs@users.sourceforge.net Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 00:45:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12777 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: Ivan Vilata i Balaguer Cc: 12777@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 12777-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12777.149740106328835 (code B ref 12777); Wed, 14 Jun 2017 00:45:02 +0000 Received: (at 12777) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Jun 2017 00:44:23 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46418 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dKwQ3-0007Uv-G3 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 13 Jun 2017 20:44:23 -0400 Received: from mail-it0-f52.google.com ([209.85.214.52]:36356) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dKwQ1-0007Ue-72; Tue, 13 Jun 2017 20:44:21 -0400 Received: by mail-it0-f52.google.com with SMTP id m47so50872690iti.1; Tue, 13 Jun 2017 17:44:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=xk+oBv3OoEiXHrOjjXqw6nFvueez1w8mS8+ctltPRAs=; b=cymg4k2DUHNo953JcBycnFOB5K+W9u5MRolMrk8xPM7OwxnoiaN/q5xR2Gfu2/2eSS oPjx4z5HITZm01t9gEOb1aMuYlONGTBuTUK1+17cOn327Q75WvEnJlL8y3vVMstU7HTI Aqe6gerHsxBpdoeVu0Zsge/5ObwQTlTG2hXoXum8SK+UH0E4LK0IB6fYiC6YToYOyZQW SQueKUKiyyLrTuWcBuJuQHvKN0F2bUcioc7HqnTKALB8mPmktWePPkmGAXllm0nQiY8g mr8Zcbp7tH8prqy9kjpS3pUbWdtF8EWTp7r3O4UxXs0U6BlGuDEgBqBOvz2gzILLJkA4 P3bw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date :in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=xk+oBv3OoEiXHrOjjXqw6nFvueez1w8mS8+ctltPRAs=; b=qj9aQDwpSi8EHzyRevcMtN5rC8tvMTgQBfQv4omdqIWjAejC81q5jY7xT4E4Dl0LTX Z5yktlpOvlHtZ4S0gq/ifM7a1xGgSEEobnOtt9Ekf792Ik5gutLJp9v+fRCXAfg1allL Qt3bh+fz4kncQQF3dfOPiy2a/oKq/tkm+Kuw34KaicxJLvQ4qa9qYpFBO48fl8A6/9P+ wnWII9agYFeBj84xHz6R4ir/KSznWpN2bRreagZOFxpgDHvYw/1FQpg0fZmR8pWYM3Xn rwEGBQvuwC5FUw3tk6pwksOQhUY4ArG0SoFad2IZEivVOwrFhDv8kax62RXMiTleUWOL dDRA== X-Gm-Message-State: AKS2vOzph59xwXFc//jmUrhRizX7/zX5PZpzVb64YKKWRRUOIaPzi6xG r90tHr0b07K8xtXe X-Received: by 10.36.36.211 with SMTP id f202mr3643467ita.32.1497401055484; Tue, 13 Jun 2017 17:44:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zony ([45.2.7.65]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id u4sm2014877itu.1.2017.06.13.17.44.14 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Tue, 13 Jun 2017 17:44:14 -0700 (PDT) From: npostavs@users.sourceforge.net References: <87a9v1ii04.fsf@rampella.terramar.selidor.net> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 20:45:53 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87a9v1ii04.fsf@rampella.terramar.selidor.net> (Ivan Vilata i. Balaguer's message of "Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:12:59 +0100") Message-ID: <87injztn0e.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) tags 12777 fixed close 12777 26.1 quit Ivan Vilata i Balaguer writes: > Hello! It'd be nice if the "format" function allowed "%m$" > specifications (as long supported by glibc) so that arguments can be > formatted in a different order than they were provided to the function. > > - It's very useful for translating format strings, e.g: > > (format "%d %s-%s" 2 "1KiB" "blocks") -> "2 1KiB-blocks" > v some string translation... > (format "%1$d %3$s de %2$d" 2 "1KiB" "bloques") -> "2 bloques de 1K= iB" This is now implemented in master. http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-05/msg00901.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-06/msg00000.html [1: 0dd1bbb0bb]: 2017-06-02 00:22:13 +0200 Implement field numbers in format strings http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=3D0dd1bbb0bb228acab= 21b8e16f2f2a0b5a17b19ab [2: 5324710841]: 2017-06-02 00:25:48 +0200 Minor improvements to format field numbers http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=3D53247108411a1e9d1= aa5352c231fa049f3f918aa [3: 8de2581a64]: 2017-06-01 16:06:38 -0700 Limit format fields to more POSIX-like spec http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=3D8de2581a64dac3785= fc3877f7cd87c4164fd2936 [4: 0147cdd4d9]: 2017-06-03 01:31:52 -0700 Document uniqueness limitation of =E2=80=98format=E2=80=99 http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=3D0147cdd4d96f1eaee= f720ee0b89bddd27eaf4233 [5: 7d413cb4da]: 2017-06-03 11:19:02 +0200 Fix a bug when using format field numbers http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=3D7d413cb4da89e0bdd= 70068e6a5e1dbc57190ed10 [6: d5fcf9e458]: 2017-06-04 08:42:53 -0700 Tune =E2=80=98format=E2=80=99 after recent fix http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=3Dd5fcf9e458053af1c= 50f0d4dad4c59db056790e5