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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/kernel/doc')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_formatter.xml | 14 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_formatter.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_formatter.xml index 213a592e47..6a17e3641f 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_formatter.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_formatter.xml @@ -77,13 +77,21 @@ rewritten. The format controls ~p and ~w are replaced with ~P and ~W, respectively, and the value is used as the depth parameter. For details, see - <seealso marker="stdlib:io#format-2">io:format/2</seealso> + <seealso marker="stdlib:io#format-2">io:format/2,3</seealso> in STDLIB.</p> + <p><c>chars_limit</c> is a positive integer representing the + value of the option with the same name to be used when calling + <seealso marker="stdlib:io#format-3">io:format/3</seealso>. This + value limits the total number of characters printed bu the + formatter. Notes that this is a soft limit. For a hard + truncation limit, see option <c>max_size</c>.</p> + <p><c>max_size</c> is a positive integer representing the maximum size a string returned from this formatter can - have. If the formatted string is longer, it will be - truncated.</p> + have. If the formatted string is longer, after possibly + being limited by <c>depth</c> and/or <c>chars_limit</c>, it + will be truncated.</p> <p><c>utc</c> is a boolean. If set to true, all dates are displayed in Universal Coordinated Time. Default |