From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#50272: describe-char and C-u C-x = neglect mentioning anything about width Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:34:26 +0300 Message-ID: <837dg1u71p.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87czpvrs6u.5.fsf@jidanni.org> <83fsuqkjcz.fsf@gnu.org> <87czpu76lz.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="20224"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 50272@debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni@jidanni.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 31 15:00:46 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mL3Nd-00051k-Sn for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:00:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46196 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mL3Na-0004PJ-Tc for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2021 09:00:44 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:36024) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mL2yl-0000qv-6o for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2021 08:35:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:49938) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mL2yk-00047r-V3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2021 08:35:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mL2yk-0000Sr-Sq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2021 08:35:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 12:35:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 50272 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 50272-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B50272.16304132861753 (code B ref 50272); Tue, 31 Aug 2021 12:35:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 50272) by debbugs.gnu.org; 31 Aug 2021 12:34:46 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33250 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mL2yQ-0000S9-4m for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2021 08:34:46 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:48084) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mL2yL-0000Ru-2W for 50272@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2021 08:34:41 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:33136) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mL2yF-0003xb-MS; Tue, 31 Aug 2021 08:34:31 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:1162 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mL2yE-0004Zb-Pa; Tue, 31 Aug 2021 08:34:31 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87czpu76lz.fsf@gnus.org> (message from Lars Ingebrigtsen on Tue, 31 Aug 2021 03:20:08 +0200) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:213098 Archived-At: > From: Lars Ingebrigtsen > Cc: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson , > 50272@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 03:20:08 +0200 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > > You mean, you'd like to see which characters are "double-width"? We > > could add that, but on GUI frames that would just confuse, because > > those "double-width" characters more often than not take less than two > > full columns, especially if you happen to use variable-pitch font for > > such exotic characters (something that happens quite a lot). > > > > The width information is only more-or-less accurate on text-mode > > terminals. I wonder how to avoid confusing users with this. > > > > Does anyone have ideas? > > We could have the command only mention the double-width-ness on > terminals? I don't think this is what the OP wants.