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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo index fe16af735..813949222 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo @@ -857,12 +857,22 @@ Pad the resulting words on the left. Each word will be truncated if required and placed in a field var(expr) characters wide. The space to the left will be filled with var(string1) (concatenated as often as needed) or spaces if var(string1) is not given. If both -var(string1) and var(string2) are given, this string is inserted -once directly to the left of each word, before padding. +var(string1) and var(string2) are given, tt(string2) is inserted +once directly to the left of each word, truncated if necessary, before +var(string1) is used to produce any remaining padding. + +If the tt(MULTIBYTE) option is in effect, screen character widths will +be used for the calculation of padding; otherwise individual bytes are +treat as occupying one unit of width. ) item(tt(r:)var(expr)tt(::)var(string1)tt(::)var(string2)tt(:))( As tt(l), but pad the words on the right and insert var(string2) -on the right. +immediately to the right of the string to be padded. + +Left and right padding may be used together. In this case the strategy +is to apply left padding to the first half width of each of the resulting +words, and right padding to the second half. If the string to be +padded has odd width the extra padding is applied on the left. ) item(tt(s:)var(string)tt(:))( Force field splitting at the |