From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#50272: describe-char and C-u C-x = neglect mentioning anything about width Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 18:52:04 +0200 Message-ID: <8735do2pcb.fsf@gnus.org> References: <87czpvrs6u.5.fsf@jidanni.org> <83fsuqkjcz.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="12599"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 50272@debbugs.gnu.org, =?UTF-8?Q?=E7=A9=8D=E4=B8=B9=E5=B0=BC?= Dan Jacobson To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 22 21:14:56 2022 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 1oQCsy-00036c-LR for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2022 21:14:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44182 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oQCsx-0004E2-Eg for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2022 15:14:55 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:39752) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oQAfe-0004cm-Fa for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2022 12:53:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:51860) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oQAfe-0005Tc-65 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2022 12:53:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1oQAfd-00049T-LL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2022 12:53:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 16:53:01 +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=B50272.166118714215902 (code B ref 50272); Mon, 22 Aug 2022 16:53:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 50272) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Aug 2022 16:52:22 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41606 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1oQAez-00048Q-T4 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2022 12:52:22 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:56642) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1oQAev-000486-I5 for 50272@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2022 12:52:20 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID :Date:References:In-Reply-To:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=etKbEXSwtKip3qtYTv1Y1GJ75+Sa/SJ4y50zG8Ieu6I=; b=g3I7LxUJIJ0Y8XVTNjSI1TrwkL dyqTJWw8opeo0z1fcqy8CQ8WPoYujBfoaHH6CHEaY8RR/FyVud60ucn93qTfpwjqOMC7xBKvNvjef UOBrj9n8r/VbBjjLMJPG500U5bpe0MSnfDXspx7rk16kRI1EinsLkN+IQB8rAIPalJAo=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=joga) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1oQAel-0007bE-MP; Mon, 22 Aug 2022 18:52:10 +0200 In-Reply-To: <83fsuqkjcz.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Mon, 30 Aug 2021 19:06:20 +0300") X-Now-Playing: Little Annie's _Soul Possession_: "Third Gear Kills" 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:240460 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> describe-char and C-u C-x =3D neglect mentioning anything about width. T= ry >> them on >> $ unicode --max 0 --brief -r BOX.*X >> =E2=98=92 U+2612 BALLOT BOX WITH X >> =E2=AE=BD U+2BBD BALLOT BOX WITH LIGHT X >> =F0=9F=97=B5 U+1F5F5 BALLOT BOX WITH SCRIPT X >> =F0=9F=97=B7 U+1F5F7 BALLOT BOX WITH BOLD SCRIPT X >> They go into great detail, but miss mentioning width. > > You mean, you'd like to see which characters are "double-width"? All of these are "single-width", as far as I can tell? (elt char-width-table ?=E2=AE=BD) =3D> 1 We mostly have the double-widthness for East Asian characters: (elt char-width-table ?=E3=8A=9F) =3D> 2 > 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). That, in conjunction with all so many characters being wider visually than the "double-width" characters makes me thing that displaying this information would just be confusing all around. So I'm closing this as a "wontfix".