Please use the bprintf package from Meta-HTML (metahtml-5.09.tar.gz).
It can be found in metahtml-5.09/libutils/bprintf.
Here's a synopsis:
BPRINTF_BUFFER *b = bprintf_create_buffer ();
bprintf (b, "Hello %02x Hex\n", 345);
bprintf (b, ....);
printf ("%s", b->buffer);
bprintf_free (b);
There are many more calls in the API, including bprintf_insert,
delete, word_wrap, and so forth.
/* bprintf.h: Declarations of functions defined in bprintf.c. */
/* Author: Brian J. Fox ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thu Apr 20 19:34:51 1995.
This file is part of <Meta-HTML>(tm), a system for the rapid deployment
of Internet and Intranet applications via the use of the Meta-HTML
language.
Copyright (c) 1995, 1996, Brian J. Fox ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
Copyright (c) 1996, Universal Access Inc. (http://www.ua.com).
Meta-HTML is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the UAI Free Software License as published
by Universal Access Inc.; either version 1, or (at your option) any
later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
UAI Free Software License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the UAI Free Software License
along with this program; if you have not, you may obtain one by
writing to:
Universal Access Inc.
129 El Paseo Court
Santa Barbara, CA
93101 */
#if !defined (_BPRINTF_H_)
#define _BPRINTF_H_
#if defined (__cplusplus)
extern "C"
{
#endif
/* A structure used to hold onto a dynamically created buffer of text. */
typedef struct {
char *buffer;
int bindex;
int bsize;
void *attachment; /* Anything you want to put here. */
} BPRINTF_BUFFER;
/* Create a new empty output buffer. */
extern BPRINTF_BUFFER *bprintf_create_buffer (void);
/* Create a new buffer which is a copy of INPUT. */
extern BPRINTF_BUFFER *bprintf_copy_buffer (BPRINTF_BUFFER *input);
/* Free the contents of a bprintf buffer. */
extern void bprintf_free_buffer (BPRINTF_BUFFER *buffer);
/* The main function in this library. Print to BUFFER with FORMAT and
any additional args. */
extern void bprintf (BPRINTF_BUFFER *buffer, char *format, ...);
/* Like bprintf, but after the va_list has been started. */
extern void vbprintf (BPRINTF_BUFFER *buffer, char *format, va_list args);
/* A few helpful functions for manipulating the insides of bprintf buffers. */
/* Delete the characters from START to END from buffer. The END'th
character is not deleted, but the START'th character is.
Return the number of characters deleted. */
extern int bprintf_delete_range (BPRINTF_BUFFER *buffer, int start, int end);
/* Insert into BUFFER at POINT the results of printing FORMAT with args.
Return the number of characters inserted, or -1 if there was an error. */
extern int bprintf_insert (BPRINTF_BUFFER *buffer, int point, char *fmt, ...);
/* Insert info BUFFER at POINT LEN bytes of DATA. */
extern void bprintf_insert_binary (BPRINTF_BUFFER *buffer, int point,
char *data, int len);
/* Insert into BUFFER at POINT the string TEXT.
Return the number of characters inserted, or -1 if there was an error. */
extern int bprintf_insert_text (BPRINTF_BUFFER *buffer, int point, char *text);
/* Word wrap the text in BUFFER making lines no longer than WIDTH. */
extern void bprintf_word_wrap (BPRINTF_BUFFER *buffer, int width);
#if defined (__cplusplus)
}
#endif
#endif /* ! _BPRINTF_H_ */
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 19:41:26 +0100
From: Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
----- Forwarded message from Fumitoshi UKAI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----
Subject: Bug#53221: info does not care position parameter in format string
Reply-To: Fumitoshi UKAI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
X-Debian-PR-Message: report 53221
X-Debian-PR-Package: info
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 01:17:51 +0900
From: Fumitoshi UKAI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
User-Agent: Wanderlust/2.2.12 (Joyride) SEMI/1.13.7 (Awazu) FLIM/1.13.2 (Kasanui)
Emacs/20.4 (i386-debian-linux-gnu) MULE/4.0 (HANANOEN)
Organization: Debian JP Project
Package: info
Version: 4.0-2
In window.c, build_message_buffer() format strings, but it doesn't
care position parameter in format string like `%1$s'. This kind of
position parameter is necessary for translated messages.
At least, /usr/share/locales/ja/LC_MESSAGES/texinfo.mo (in ja-trans
package) cause segmentation fault when we invoke info againt unknown node
like:
% info hogehoge
This evil patch fixes this problem, but I think it's better to
use asprintf(3) or something like that.
--- window.c~ Sat Jun 26 06:57:40 1999
+++ window.c Wed Dec 22 01:10:25 1999
@@ -1326,7 +1326,9 @@
char *fmt_start = format + i;
char *fmt;
int fmt_len, formatted_len;
+ int paramed = 0;
+ format_again:
i++;
while (format[i] && strchr ("-. +0123456789", format[i]))
i++;
@@ -1335,18 +1337,38 @@
if (c == '\0')
abort ();
+ if (c == '$') {
+ /* position parameter parameter */
+ arg_index = atoi(fmt_start + 1) - 1;
+ if (arg_index < 0)
+ arg_index = 0;
+ if (arg_index >= 2)
+ arg_index = 1;
+ paramed = 1;
+ goto format_again;
+ }
+
fmt_len = format + i - fmt_start + 1;
fmt = (char *) xmalloc (fmt_len + 1);
strncpy (fmt, fmt_start, fmt_len);
fmt[fmt_len] = '\0';
+ if (paramed) {
+ /* removed positioned parameter */
+ char *p;
+ for (p = fmt + 1; *p && *p != '$'; p++) {
+ ;
+ }
+ strcpy(fmt + 1, p + 1);
+ }
+
/* If we have "%-98s", maybe 98 calls for a longer string. */
if (fmt_len > 2)
{
int j;
- for (j = 0; j < fmt_len; j++)
- if (isdigit (fmt[j]))
+ for (j = fmt_len - 2; j >= 0; j--)
+ if (isdigit (fmt[j]) || fmt[j] == '$')
break;
formatted_len = atoi (fmt + j);
Thanks,
Fumitoshi UKAI
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