Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 1/3] doc/filters/drawtext: clarify meaning of strftime format string

[Gyan Doshi <ffmpeg@gyani.pro>]

On 2023-03-26 11:03 pm, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> Also clarify what should be used instead of the strftime expansion mode.

LGTM.

Regards,
Gyan


> ---
>   doc/filters.texi | 28 +++++++++++++++-------------
>   1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/doc/filters.texi b/doc/filters.texi
> index 4449998ba4..b397100ff8 100644
> --- a/doc/filters.texi
> +++ b/doc/filters.texi
> @@ -12103,13 +12103,12 @@ The default value of @var{bordercolor} is "black".
>   
>   @item expansion
>   Select how the @var{text} is expanded. Can be either @code{none},
> -@code{strftime} (deprecated) or
> -@code{normal} (default). See the @ref{drawtext_expansion, Text expansion} section
> -below for details.
> +@code{strftime} (deprecated) or @code{normal} (default). See the
> +@ref{drawtext_expansion, Text expansion} section below for details.
>   
>   @item basetime
>   Set a start time for the count. Value is in microseconds. Only applied
> -in the deprecated strftime expansion mode. To emulate in normal expansion
> +in the deprecated @code{strftime} expansion mode. To emulate in normal expansion
>   mode use the @code{pts} function, supplying the start time (in seconds)
>   as the second argument.
>   
> @@ -12340,10 +12339,12 @@ The current packet's size (in bytes).
>   @anchor{drawtext_expansion}
>   @subsection Text expansion
>   
> -If @option{expansion} is set to @code{strftime},
> -the filter recognizes strftime() sequences in the provided text and
> -expands them accordingly. Check the documentation of strftime(). This
> -feature is deprecated.
> +If @option{expansion} is set to @code{strftime}, the filter recognizes
> +sequences accepted by the @code{strftime} C function in the provided
> +text and expands them accordingly. Check the documentation of
> +@code{strftime}. This feature is deprecated in favor of @code{normal}
> +expansion with the @code{gmtime} or @code{localtime} expansion
> +functions.
>   
>   If @option{expansion} is set to @code{none}, the text is printed verbatim.
>   
> @@ -12390,13 +12391,13 @@ It can be used to add padding with zeros from the left.
>   
>   @item gmtime
>   The time at which the filter is running, expressed in UTC.
> -It can accept an argument: a strftime() format string.
> +It can accept an argument: a @code{strftime} C function format string.
>   The format string is extended to support the variable @var{%[1-6]N}
>   which prints fractions of the second with optionally specified number of digits.
>   
>   @item localtime
>   The time at which the filter is running, expressed in the local time zone.
> -It can accept an argument: a strftime() format string.
> +It can accept an argument: a @code{strftime} C function format string.
>   The format string is extended to support the variable @var{%[1-6]N}
>   which prints fractions of the second with optionally specified number of digits.
>   
> @@ -12438,8 +12439,8 @@ If the format is set to @code{hms}, a third argument @code{24HH} may be
>   supplied to present the hour part of the formatted timestamp in 24h format
>   (00-23).
>   
> -If the format is set to @code{localtime} or @code{gmtime},
> -a third argument may be supplied: a strftime() format string.
> +If the format is set to @code{localtime} or @code{gmtime}, a third
> +argument may be supplied: a @code{strftime} C function format string.
>   By default, @var{YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS} format will be used.
>   @end table
>   
> @@ -12543,7 +12544,8 @@ drawtext="text='Test Text': fontsize=h/30: x=(w-text_w)/2: y=(h-text_h*2)"
>   @end example
>   
>   @item
> -Print the date of a real-time encoding (see strftime(3)):
> +Print the date of a real-time encoding (see documentation for the
> +@code{strftime} C function):
>   @example
>   drawtext='fontfile=FreeSans.ttf:text=%@{localtime\:%a %b %d %Y@}'
>   @end example

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