Re: Converting an Integer into Human Readable String

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Deniz Dogan <deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 13:34:32 +0200
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, Nordlöw <per.nordlow@gmail.com>
> 
> I believe what you're looking for can be found in bindings.el (L375)
> and an explanation of the format string %I in the documentation of
> mode-line-format. Where the actual "translation" takes place is still
> a mystery to me.

All the %-formats supported by the mode line can only be interpreted
in one place: the display engine, which is where the string displayed
on the mode line is built.