I tested this patch and can confirm it fixes the issues on my end.

Thanks,
Joel

On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 11:39 PM, Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
wrote:

> On Sep 26,  6:27pm, Joel Elkins wrote:
> }
> } % print -P "%4>.>12345"
> } 123.
> } % print -P "%4>.>1%{%}2345"
> } 12.
> }
> } In my opinion, these two commands should have the same output.
>
> Right you are.  I'm not entirely sure why this doesn't seem to affect
> %<< but it looks like it has the same logic error, so I patched that
> branch as well.
>
>
> diff --git a/Src/prompt.c b/Src/prompt.c
> index 9ed6c54..0cc9ef9 100644
> --- a/Src/prompt.c
> +++ b/Src/prompt.c
> @@ -1316,12 +1316,11 @@ prompttrunc(int arg, int truncchar, int doprint,
> int endchar,
>                              */
>                             for (;;) {
>                                 *ptr++ = *fulltextptr;
> -                               if (*fulltextptr == Outpar ||
> -                                   *fulltextptr == '\0')
> +                               if (*fulltextptr == '\0' ||
> +                                   *fulltextptr++ == Outpar)
>                                     break;
> -                               if (*fulltextptr == Nularg)
> +                               if (fulltextptr[-1] == Nularg)
>                                     remw--;
> -                               fulltextptr++;
>                             }
>                         } else {
>  #ifdef MULTIBYTE_SUPPORT
> @@ -1397,12 +1396,11 @@ prompttrunc(int arg, int truncchar, int doprint,
> int endchar,
>                         if (*skiptext == Inpar) {
>                             /* see comment on left truncation above */
>                             for (;;) {
> -                               if (*skiptext == Outpar ||
> -                                   *skiptext == '\0')
> +                               if (*skiptext == '\0' ||
> +                                   *skiptext++ == Outpar)
>                                     break;
> -                               if (*skiptext == Nularg)
> +                               if (skiptext[-1] == Nularg)
>                                     maxwidth--;
> -                               skiptext++;
>                             }
>                         } else {
>  #ifdef MULTIBYTE_SUPPORT
>



-- 
Joel D. Elkins