From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 05:50:06 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] usage: prefix all lines in `vreportf()`, not just the first
Message-ID: <xmqqtvqrggdt.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAN0heSq1y3XibCFDYsae5b6jmzZOzcLHT4atCZ+KCb4dL5As0g@mail.gmail.com>

Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com> writes:

>>  - allow callers to align 1st prefix (e.g. "error: ") with the
>>    leading indent for the second and subsequent lines by passing the
>>    second prefix with appropriate display width.
>
> I suspect this second prefix would always consist of
> strlen(first_prefix) spaces? We should be able to construct it on the
> fly, without any need for manual counting and human mistakes.

I wouldn't be so bold to claim that, given especially that we are
talking about i18n/l10n where byte count, character count and
display width are all different even on a terminal with fixed-width
font.