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diff --git a/pretty-formats.txt b/pretty-formats.txt index 0b4c1c8d9..3b7133445 100644 --- a/pretty-formats.txt +++ b/pretty-formats.txt @@ -146,24 +146,34 @@ The placeholders are: '%m':: left (`<`), right (`>`) or boundary (`-`) mark '%w([<w>[,<i1>[,<i2>]]])':: switch line wrapping, like the -w option of linkgit:git-shortlog[1]. -'%<(<N>[,trunc|ltrunc|mtrunc])':: make the next placeholder take at - least N columns, padding spaces on +'%<( <N> [,trunc|ltrunc|mtrunc])':: make the next placeholder take at + least N column widths, padding spaces on the right if necessary. Optionally - truncate at the beginning (ltrunc), - the middle (mtrunc) or the end - (trunc) if the output is longer than - N columns. Note that truncating + truncate (with ellipsis '..') at the left (ltrunc) `..ft`, + the middle (mtrunc) `mi..le`, or the end + (trunc) `rig..`, if the output is longer than + N columns. + Note 1: that truncating only works correctly with N >= 2. -'%<|(<N>)':: make the next placeholder take at least until Nth - columns, padding spaces on the right if necessary -'%>(<N>)', '%>|(<N>)':: similar to '%<(<N>)', '%<|(<N>)' respectively, + Note 2: spaces around the N and M (see below) + values are optional. + Note 3: Emojis and other wide characters + will take two display columns, which may + over-run column boundaries. + Note 4: decomposed character combining marks + may be misplaced at padding boundaries. +'%<|( <M> )':: make the next placeholder take at least until Mth + display column, padding spaces on the right if necessary. + Use negative M values for column positions measured + from the right hand edge of the terminal window. +'%>( <N> )', '%>|( <M> )':: similar to '%<( <N> )', '%<|( <M> )' respectively, but padding spaces on the left -'%>>(<N>)', '%>>|(<N>)':: similar to '%>(<N>)', '%>|(<N>)' +'%>>( <N> )', '%>>|( <M> )':: similar to '%>( <N> )', '%>|( <M> )' respectively, except that if the next placeholder takes more spaces than given and there are spaces on its left, use those spaces -'%><(<N>)', '%><|(<N>)':: similar to '%<(<N>)', '%<|(<N>)' +'%><( <N> )', '%><|( <M> )':: similar to '%<( <N> )', '%<|( <M> )' respectively, but padding both sides (i.e. the text is centered) |