[rrd-developers] Patch: Allow control code "\J" (Unknown control code at the end of...)

[Tobias Oetiker]

Roger,

the problem is that until 1.2.15 rrdtool did not complain when you
used a non-existing control code ... non existing control codes
were interpreted as \l ...

so instead of using \l as you should have (this is in the
documentation) you used an arbitrary letter

so in the same way as you want \J to become \l any other user could
wish for his favorite letter to become \l too, leaving us with
about 40 aliases for \l and nothing to spare ...

this is not realy a good way forware in my eyes ...

fix your application, or apply your patch to your local copy of
rrdtool ...

sorry
tobi

Today Roger J. Meier wrote:

> Hi everybody,
>
> We have been using a control code "\J" for rrd_graph formatting
> of the legend in RRD tool until version 1.2.15.  This worked
> similar as "\j" (= justify), but it does not spread to the full
> width of the legend.
>
> I don't who or how we have found this "\J", since it was not
> documented, but it worked well for our use case!
>
> Now the problem is that the most recent version of RRD tool
> (1.2.23) prints out a message if an unknown control code is
> found -- so our "\J" does no longer work.
>
> May I suggest the following patch (see attachment): Extend the
> list of control codes with "\J", i. e. change the error handling
> to allow this control code.
>
> The super simple patch is in the attachment.
>
> Of course it's bad style to use undocumented features, but this
> one was really useful!
>
> Regards,
>
> -- Roger
>
>

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