From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: yantar92@gmail.com
Cc: 57693@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#57693: 29.0.50; Is there a more reliable version of `char-displayable-p'?
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 13:07:13 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <837d2a9qcu.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <838rmq9rfr.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Eli Zaretskii on Sun, 11 Sep 2022 12:43:52 +0300)
> Cc: 57693@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 12:43:52 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
>
> > From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com>
> > Cc: 57693@debbugs.gnu.org
> > Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 17:31:06 +0800
> >
> > > insert the character
> > > call the new magic
> > > if the new magic says NO-CAN-DO
> > > replace the character with something else
> > >
> > > If the above is acceptable, I think it can be done, although it would
> > > not be very useful in other situations. But if you want to know the
> > > answer before you insert the character, I don't think we know how to
> > > satisfy your requirements with 100% accuracy. At least I cannot see
> > > how it could be done; maybe someone else will.
> >
> > The described approach should be acceptable.
> > What I have in mind is a function like
> >
> > (insert-displayable '("fancy version" "backup"))
> >
> > The function will try to insert "fancy version" first; check if all the
> > characters are displayable, and replace the inserted text with "backup"
> > if not.
>
> OK, I will see what I can do.
Here's what I suggest for GUI frames:
(defun insert-char-safely (ch repl)
"Insert character CH, if it can be displayed; otherwise insert REPL."
(insert ch)
(unless (font-at (1- (point)))
(delete-char -1)
(insert repl)))
Do you need this to work for TTY frames as well? If so, it could be a
problem, since most terminal emulators don't provide a way of
inquiring whether a certain character can be displayed.
char-displayable-p currently just checks on most terminals that the
terminal-coding-system can _encode_ the character, which isn't enough
if the terminal encoding is UTF-8.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-09-11 10:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-09-09 13:25 bug#57693: 29.0.50; Is there a more reliable version of `char-displayable-p'? Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-09 13:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-09 22:25 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-09-10 6:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-10 6:06 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-10 6:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-10 6:44 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-10 4:48 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-10 6:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-10 6:37 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-10 7:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-10 8:17 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-10 8:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-11 9:31 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-11 9:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-11 10:07 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2022-09-12 5:46 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-12 11:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-13 1:44 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-13 11:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-14 1:52 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-14 2:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-17 19:18 ` Stefan Kangas
2023-02-17 19:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-17 22:31 ` Stefan Kangas
2023-02-18 6:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-18 9:00 ` Stefan Kangas
2023-02-18 9:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-18 11:32 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-18 11:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-19 11:31 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-19 11:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-19 12:08 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-19 12:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-19 14:19 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-19 15:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-18 11:35 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-18 12:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-12 5:24 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-09 13:46 ` Robert Pluim
2022-09-09 22:25 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-09-10 4:56 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-10 6:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-10 4:53 ` Ihor Radchenko
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