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+To: vim_dev@googlegroups.com
+Subject: Patch 7.3.713
+Fcc: outbox
+From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>
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+------------
+
+Patch 7.3.713
+Problem:    printf() can only align to bytes, not characters.
+Solution:   Add the "S" item. (Christian Brabandt)
+Files:	    runtime/doc/eval.txt, src/message.c
+
+
+*** ../vim-7.3.712/runtime/doc/eval.txt	2012-10-21 00:44:59.000000000 +0200
+--- runtime/doc/eval.txt	2012-11-14 18:00:40.000000000 +0100
+***************
+*** 4427,4432 ****
+--- 4451,4457 ----
+  
+  		Often used items are:
+  		  %s	string
++ 		  %6S	string right-aligned in 6 display cells
+  		  %6s	string right-aligned in 6 bytes
+  		  %.9s	string truncated to 9 bytes
+  		  %c	single byte
+***************
+*** 4541,4546 ****
+--- 4566,4575 ----
+  		s	The text of the String argument is used.  If a
+  			precision is specified, no more bytes than the number
+  			specified are used.
++ 		S	The text of the String argument is used.  If a
++ 			precision is specified, no more display cells than the
++ 			number specified are used.  Without the |+multi_byte|
++ 			feature works just like 's'.
+  
+  							*printf-f* *E807*
+  		f	The Float argument is converted into a string of the 
+*** ../vim-7.3.712/src/message.c	2012-03-28 16:49:25.000000000 +0200
+--- src/message.c	2012-11-14 17:58:25.000000000 +0100
+***************
+*** 4290,4295 ****
+--- 4290,4296 ----
+  	    case '%':
+  	    case 'c':
+  	    case 's':
++ 	    case 'S':
+  		length_modifier = '\0';
+  		str_arg_l = 1;
+  		switch (fmt_spec)
+***************
+*** 4318,4323 ****
+--- 4319,4325 ----
+  		    }
+  
+  		case 's':
++ 		case 'S':
+  		    str_arg =
+  #ifndef HAVE_STDARG_H
+  				(char *)get_a_arg(arg_idx);
+***************
+*** 4354,4359 ****
+--- 4356,4379 ----
+  			str_arg_l = (q == NULL) ? precision
+  						      : (size_t)(q - str_arg);
+  		    }
++ #ifdef FEAT_MBYTE
++ 		    if (fmt_spec == 'S')
++ 		    {
++ 			if (min_field_width != 0)
++ 			    min_field_width += STRLEN(str_arg)
++ 				     - mb_string2cells((char_u *)str_arg, -1);
++ 			if (precision)
++ 			{
++ 			    char_u *p1 = (char_u *)str_arg;
++ 			    size_t i;
++ 
++ 			    for (i = 0; i < precision && *p1; i++)
++ 				p1 += mb_ptr2len(p1);
++ 
++ 			    str_arg_l = precision = p1 - (char_u *)str_arg;
++ 			}
++ 		    }
++ #endif
+  		    break;
+  
+  		default:
+*** ../vim-7.3.712/src/version.c	2012-10-23 05:35:30.000000000 +0200
+--- src/version.c	2012-11-14 17:54:12.000000000 +0100
+***************
+*** 727,728 ****
+--- 727,730 ----
+  {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
++ /**/
++     713,
+  /**/
+
+-- 
+In many of the more relaxed civilizations on the Outer Eastern Rim of the
+Galaxy, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" has already supplanted the
+great "Encyclopedia Galactica" as the standard repository of all knowledge
+and wisdom, for though it has many omissions and contains much that is
+apocryphal, or at least wildly inaccurate, it scores over the older, more
+pedestrian work in two important respects.
+First, it is slightly cheaper; and second, it has the words "DON'T PANIC"
+inscribed in large friendly letters on its cover.
+		-- Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
+
+ /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@Moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
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