# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1039296575 0
# Node ID 1e0c7ad65f055ad355ef3c644a594d805dec41bb
# Parent  59758725d2cf6f5aea6dd315dda1ca31fc62caef
(describe-register-1): Use window-width
to truncate string in a register.  Check whether the string
in a register is an empty string or a sequence of white spaces.

diff -r 59758725d2cf -r 1e0c7ad65f05 lisp/register.el
--- a/lisp/register.el	Sat Dec 07 20:57:53 2002 +0000
+++ b/lisp/register.el	Sat Dec 07 21:29:35 2002 +0000
@@ -233,9 +233,18 @@
 	  (progn
 	    (princ "the text:\n")
 	    (princ val))
-	(princ "text starting with\n    ")
-	(string-match "[^ \t\n].\\{,20\\}" val)
-	(princ (match-string 0 val))))
+	(cond 
+	 ;; Extract first N characters starting with first non-whitespace.
+	 ((string-match (format "[^ \t\n].\\{,%d\\}"
+				;; Deduct 6 for the spaces inserted below.
+				(min 20 (max 0 (- (window-width) 6))))
+			val)
+	  (princ "text starting with\n    ")
+	  (princ (match-string 0 val)))
+	 ((string-match "^[ \t\n]+$" val)
+	  (princ "whitespace"))
+	 (t
+	  (princ "the empty string")))))
      (t
       (princ "Garbage:\n")
       (if verbose (prin1 val))))))