GNU bug report logs - #56685
OBOE in string-truncate-left?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 22:11:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>
Cc: stefan <at> marxist.se, 56685 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#56685: OBOE in string-truncate-left?
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2022 16:33:07 +0300

> From: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>
> Cc: stefan <at> marxist.se,  56685 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2022 14:35:02 +0200
> 
> Currently, the result of applying string-truncate-left to STRING can be
> a string just as long as STRING but beginning with "..." instead of the
> first three letters of STRING.  What is a valid use case for that?

When STRING is part of a longer string.
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