Clarify what the "-" and "0" flags mean in the `format' function

(bug#6659).

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index d77a246a50a..ad5b9c41c30 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-07-03  Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen  <larsi@gnus.org>
+
+        * editfns.c (Fformat): Clarify the - and 0 flags (bug#6659).
+
 2011-07-03  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
         * xsettings.c (SYSTEM_FONT): Define only when used.
diff --git a/src/editfns.c b/src/editfns.c
index 5328b714b0f..c470c9be985 100644
--- a/src/editfns.c
+++ b/src/editfns.c
@@ -3557,7 +3557,8 @@ The width specifier supplies a lower limit for the length of the
 printed representation.  The padding, if any, normally goes on the
 left, but it goes on the right if the - flag is present.  The padding
 character is normally a space, but it is 0 if the 0 flag is present.
-The - flag takes precedence over the 0 flag.
+The 0 flag is ignored if the - flag is present, or the format sequence
+is something other than %d, %e, %f, and %g.
 
 For %e, %f, and %g sequences, the number after the "." in the
 precision specifier says how many decimal places to show; if zero, the