GNU bug report logs - #23859
25.1.50; Inconsistent behavior of (format "%_width_s" string-has-text-property)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Chunyang Xu <xuchunyang.me <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 04:34:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.1.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Chunyang Xu <xuchunyang.me <at> gmail.com>
To: 23859 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23859: 25.1.50; Inconsistent behavior of (format "%_width_s" string-has-text-property)
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 12:32:57 +0800

;; 24.5
(format "%4s" (propertize "hi" 'face 'bold))
    ⇒ #("  hi" 2 4 (face bold))

;; master
(format "%4s" (propertize "hi" 'face 'bold))
    ⇒ #("  hi" 0 2 (face bold))

is the new behavior wanted? I have code relying on the old behavior.


In GNU Emacs 25.1.50.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin15.5.0, NS appkit-1404.47 Version 10.11.5 (Build 15F34))
 of 2016-06-25 built on MBA.lan
Repository revision: a985d2b09bb88f31b27b02c3131cb34c5879d767
This bug report was last modified 9 years and 22 days ago.

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