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From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Underline the current line (function inside)
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2021 18:33:45 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YMOCWV9xZvDE4aoD@protected.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83lf7ga1yk.fsf@gnu.org>

* Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> [2021-06-11 17:53]:
> > Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2021 17:32:26 +0300
> > From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
> > 
> > This function is handy to underline the current line:
> > 
> > (defun underline-line ()
> >   "Underline the current line."
> >   (interactive)
> >   (let* ((start (line-beginning-position))
> > 	 (end (line-end-position))
> > 	 (length (- end start)))
> >     (end-of-line)
> >     (newline)
> >     (insert (make-string length ?=))
> >     (newline)))
> 
> This assumes that each character takes 1 column.  That is false in
> general, because some characters have zero width on display, and some
> others take closer to two columns.
> 
> You need to use string-width instead, or count columns instead of
> buffer positions.
> 
> And, of course, all this assumes fixed-pitch font.

Thanks.

(defun underline-line ()
  "Underline the current line."
  (interactive)
  (let* ((start (line-beginning-position))
	 (end (line-end-position))
	 (length (string-width (buffer-substring-no-properties start end))))
    (end-of-line)
    (newline)
    (insert (make-string length ?=))
    (newline)))




  reply	other threads:[~2021-06-11 15:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-06-11 14:32 Underline the current line (function inside) Jean Louis
2021-06-11 14:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-11 15:33   ` Jean Louis [this message]
2021-06-11 17:55     ` Eli Zaretskii

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