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Re: [skribilo-users] Arguments to format
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Ludovic Courtès |
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Re: [skribilo-users] Arguments to format |
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Mon, 20 Jul 2015 10:13:04 +0200 |
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Bonjour !
Frédéric Marchal <address@hidden> skribis:
> I'm translating Skribilo into French but I can't figure out what the
> arguments to the "format" command are.
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> For instance:
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> (format (current-error-port)
> (_ "~a: unknown markup option for '~a'~%")
> option markup)))
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> What are ~a and ~%?
“~a” is a bit like “%s” in C: it displays the given object, which may be
a string but not necessarily.
“~%” is like “\n”: it’s a newline.
HTH,
Ludo’.