code: @GwtIncompatible("incompatible method")
      public static Formatter append(final CharSequence seq, final Formatter formatter, final int flags, final int width,
              final int precision) {
          return append(seq, formatter, flags, width, precision, ' ', null);
      }
docs: Handles the common {@code Formattable} operations of truncate-pad-append,
  with no ellipsis on precision overflow, and padding width underflow with
  spaces.
  
  @param seq  the string to handle, not null
  @param formatter  the destination formatter, not null
  @param flags  the flags for formatting, see {@code Formattable}
  @param width  the width of the output, see {@code Formattable}
  @param precision  the precision of the output, see {@code Formattable}
  @return the {@code formatter} instance, not null