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#47712: 27.1; Provide `string-display-width` function, which takes properties into account, `substring-width` Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 16:40:51 +0300 Message-ID: <83czuz39jw.fsf@gnu.org> References: <642c8a37-31c7-2723-12af-06cd7f120c2f@daniel-mendler.de> <83r1jg2q72.fsf@gnu.org> <83lf9n3d7x.fsf@gnu.org> <1c8f7066-3da2-d960-11e7-a42f567432bd@daniel-mendler.de> <83im4r3agk.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="23153"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 47712@debbugs.gnu.org To: Daniel Mendler Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 12 15:42:11 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 1lVwpO-0005vy-W9 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2021 15:42:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36156 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lVwpO-0002zD-0T for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2021 09:42:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:58206) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lVwpH-0002z6-6n for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2021 09:42:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:45335) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lVwpG-0002bS-FY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2021 09:42:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lVwpG-0007dS-Bb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2021 09:42:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 13:42:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 47712 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 47712-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B47712.161823487329277 (code B ref 47712); Mon, 12 Apr 2021 13:42:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 47712) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Apr 2021 13:41:13 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56881 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lVwoS-0007c8-KV for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2021 09:41:12 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:45372) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lVwoR-0007bw-Sd for 47712@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2021 09:41:12 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:54677) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lVwoM-00022Z-7E; Mon, 12 Apr 2021 09:41:06 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:3951 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1lVwoL-0000Dm-K3; Mon, 12 Apr 2021 09:41:06 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from Daniel Mendler on Mon, 12 Apr 2021 15:32:33 +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:203900 Archived-At: > Cc: 47712@debbugs.gnu.org > From: Daniel Mendler > Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 15:32:33 +0200 > > Okay, fair enough. I am all for removing/obsoleting functionality which > is considered an accident as long as a good alternative exists. But if > no acceptable alternative exists, the function has a justification and > then it may also be possible to improve upon it. Let's first establish whether indeed there's no alternative. I'd be surprised if that's the case, since window-text-pixel-size was written to support precisely this kind of need.