From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Heime Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Enclosing text in a box Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2022 14:20:20 +0000 Message-ID: References: <_AODCZ2cNjiSAkIvdrGzDgeSNSWqJoJ9xfXn-zFenyY-yTUYx-Ijx0k4-Lq46rN4CjdkyIrzIBD1h4YY23BAP089R0Tg0kzM9MOUnaEOFrs=@protonmail.com> <835yffgfwp.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="7412"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Eli Zaretskii , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Yuri Khan Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 16 15:21:14 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1ovJHt-0001fN-Nv for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 16 Nov 2022 15:21:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ovJHE-00016A-37; Wed, 16 Nov 2022 09:20:32 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ovJHC-00013O-5a for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Nov 2022 09:20:30 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-40137.protonmail.ch ([185.70.40.137]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ovJH9-00014w-Se; Wed, 16 Nov 2022 09:20:29 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1668608424; x=1668867624; bh=lIk7NPe9DCcIXcSEZoh2jxP9hzQbgmVQgyKqfIWQF/Y=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=MKwLXHSJ6GFI7BBuNesy/QjaN0iYYh7e+7rcPVFxWyViEr0sgoumoNLfYyoUx3r9A jSQRuIKrePW1cGUx4qn4qYRzcEDImwfC6J02Pflmh66iAaN2IDVSUgD9VOSg3tJFm1 +yxSWsYblVXvZw9z4BAZZSKuTdPg+ttx82cVqdLlJ5Pacy+erts3+vjCHdDyZLFzPr gIJElVs1Iq7TplqBmW7n3OoHd8sspQRUqARogHjqLEkzZAwPj9erIdE3jr9MdxZThP roV+TwrjNqjSDj/woulS4/cVzx0rYRq0qJr6k6X57QdHbQ3xXOiSSBcyPl8mksmvgN oNW1q9QopVeCg== In-Reply-To: Feedback-ID: 57735886:user:proton Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.40.137; envelope-from=heimeborgia@protonmail.com; helo=mail-40137.protonmail.ch X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:141001 Archived-At: ------- Original Message ------- On Wednesday, November 16th, 2022 at 2:11 PM, Yuri Khan wrote: > On Wed, 16 Nov 2022 at 20:59, Eli Zaretskii eliz@gnu.org wrote: >=20 > > Using 'length' to measure the width of text on display is not > > reliable, because there are characters of different width. It is > > better to use 'string-width' or 'string-pixel-width' instead. >=20 >=20 > The next stumbling point is going to be =E2=80=9Cmake-string does the wro= ng > thing when passed 17.237 as the count=E2=80=9D, without an explanation as= to > what the right thing would be. (I don=E2=80=99t know either.) Emacs should have the right amount of space to insert the printing entity.= =20