Subj : printf and color codes
To   : Nightfox
From : MCMLXXIX
Date : Mon Jan 21 2013 11:29 am

  Re: printf and color codes
  By: Nightfox to Mro on Sun Jan 20 2013 21:50:02

 >   Re: printf and color codes
 >   By: Mro to Nightfox on Sun Jan 20 2013 21:43:04
 > 
 >  >> non-printable character subtracts 1 from the field length when the
 >  >> string is printed out. CTRL-A color codes have this effect when used
 >  >> with printf.
 > 
 >  Mr> i'm pretty sure that's intentional and certainly seems like it should b
 > 
 > It's not what I would expect.  If you specify a field length for printf(), i
 > should fill that entire field up to that length.  Otherwise, the results can
 > unexpected and ugly.  The main uses for specifying a field length are to ali
 > text and filling a space when overwriting existing text on the screen.  I wo
 > expect printf() to only count visible/printable characters in the length of 
 > string you give it.
 > 
 >  Mr> who's name or other variable would have color codes in it, though?
 > 
 > Anything where color is desired.. :P
 > 

I think you're right about this.. if printf is able to handle ctrl-A codes it
likely should be able to format them correctly.. you can work around it though.

var diff = str.length - console.strlen(str);
printf("%-*s",25+diff,str);



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