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From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 67925@debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>,
	Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>,
	awrhygty@outlook.com
Subject: bug#67925: 29.1; delete-rectangle fails on multi-column characters
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2023 09:56:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86bkai64a3.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83r0jffqql.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Thu, 21 Dec 2023 18:46:26 +0200")

>> >> This patch gives similar result of kill-rectangle.
>> >> In the example above, I want all '4' characters moved to same column.
>> >
>> > How can that be done, when the first character takes 2 or more
>> > columns?  Deleting the first character is IMO wrong, since the other
>> > lines leave the first character intact.  Adding SPC to other lines is
>> > also wrong, since delete-rectangle is not supposed to _add_ columns.
>>
>> I think wide characters may be replaced with SPC like TAB.
>
> I don't think I agree.  Let's see what others think Stefan, Juri,
> Stefan, any opinions?  Does anyone else have an opinion on this?

Does the same problem exist for deleting rectangles in texts
with a variable-pitch font?  If you draw a vertical line
it will cross a lot of characters in the middle.





  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-12-22  7:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-12-20 10:58 bug#67925: 29.1; delete-rectangle fails on multi-column characters awrhygty
2023-12-20 14:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-21  7:30   ` awrhygty
2023-12-21  8:42     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-21 14:26       ` awrhygty
2023-12-21 16:46         ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-21 21:12           ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-12-22  7:56           ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2023-12-22 11:45             ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-22 14:27             ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-12-23 17:30               ` Juri Linkov
2023-12-23 18:07                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-24  8:31                   ` Juri Linkov
2023-12-24 14:52                     ` Stefan Kangas
2023-12-28  9:01                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-01-03 19:00                         ` awrhygty
2024-01-03 19:31                           ` Eli Zaretskii

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