Sam Steingold <sshteingold@cctrading.com> writes:
>
> is this a bug? (shouldn't "zz" be printed at column 0, not column 1?)
>
> > (format t "~0tzz")
> zz
> nil
> >
No, that's exactly the behaviour specified by CLHS section 22.3.6.1.
format "~ n T" will move the cursor to column n, or if it was already
at or beyond column n, it will output a space.
To get the behaviour you want, use "~ n , 0 T".
Bruno