Subj : repeat char @-code?
To   : mark lewis
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Oct 20 2023 20:19:52

  Re: repeat char @-code?
  By: mark lewis to digital man on Fri Aug 16 2019 09:18 am

 > is there an @-code i can use to have some text repeated X times or maybe
 > even to repeat to the terminal width or repeat to the terminal width minus X
 > columns?
 >
 > maybe something like @RPT#horizline-TWIDTH@ to repeat the horizontal line
 > character to the terminal width where horizline is the actual character to
 > be used... or @RPT#=-L40@ to repeat the '=' from the left 40 times or
 > @RPT#=-R40@ to do the same except from the right...
 >
 > i've used "#" intead of ":" for the length specifiers so we can use format
 > modifiers...
 >
 > i'm just tossing this out there because i'm trying to dress up my message
 > headers without hard coding dividing and framing lines to a certain width
 > and looking unfinished when used on wide terminals or wrapping on narrow
 > terminals...

How about just: @fill:<char>@ which would fill the rest of the current line with the specified char?

                                            digital man

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