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 14:51:24 +0000 Message-ID: References: <_AODCZ2cNjiSAkIvdrGzDgeSNSWqJoJ9xfXn-zFenyY-yTUYx-Ijx0k4-Lq46rN4CjdkyIrzIBD1h4YY23BAP089R0Tg0kzM9MOUnaEOFrs=@protonmail.com> <835yffgfwp.fsf@gnu.org> <83y1sbez2r.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="23189"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 16 15:52:21 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 1ovJm0-0005md-Ol for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 16 Nov 2022 15:52:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ovJlT-000690-Ut; Wed, 16 Nov 2022 09:51:49 -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 1ovJlQ-00060f-FM for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Nov 2022 09:51:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-4319.protonmail.ch ([185.70.43.19]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ovJlH-0002Ma-0G; Wed, 16 Nov 2022 09:51:44 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1668610291; x=1668869491; bh=MmGqCc18JynjAbNV684JmI6daMAVET7DsW/mzL7Z6l4=; 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=mTdO7gYXluNcKDYrf9lRENvVSTH16kQyrlpYxzctlzBZhVfiMlcvgXMqRVKN0abGP xPfIQfLOu/nkP23Ya0fmknIIa+KzRiDjFlgRjCg8MPcFynAkS9bvi4rDAXoSjmzakn NB4QBZnPzyclA5aGUPcJ/zo33xH/DT6Jal6Lj25hvbVSWnt2XnnEktIJGToN9gWqgv 3jrnljOjP4NJrIt4fdPx14docB32z24M3O10RN9OyMxUbhOqnLs1FFOrbZ6iwF9wHy B3L2pAVs4m59jy2L/Eq9NJ9W3LWt1oucMH7K9EPDWx1/ZfZNzWaRxLzUI/pq2VxZSd I1GBcGPu7HuPg== In-Reply-To: <83y1sbez2r.fsf@gnu.org> Feedback-ID: 57735886:user:proton Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.43.19; envelope-from=heimeborgia@protonmail.com; helo=mail-4319.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, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-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:141003 Archived-At: ------- Original Message ------- On Wednesday, November 16th, 2022 at 2:47 PM, Eli Zaretskii = wrote: > > From: Yuri Khan yuri.v.khan@gmail.com > > Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2022 21:11:04 +0700 > > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > >=20 > > 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 > > The next stumbling point is going to be =E2=80=9Cmake-string does the w= rong > > 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.) >=20 >=20 > Why would sane code call make-string with such an argument? The premise seems to be that "string-width" returns it. I would like to have the ability to pass unicode characters.