From Tapestries MUCK

left

{left:string}
{left:string,fieldwidth}
{left:string,fieldwidth,padstring}

Takes a string and pads it to fit the given fieldwidth, with the string left justified.

If no padstring is given, it assumes that it will pad the string with spaces. If no fieldwidth is given, it assumes that the field width is 78 characters.

Example:

{left:Hello,10,_.}

would return the string "Hello_._._"