GNU bug report logs - #31269
Emacs measures width of Chinese dash as 2 rather than 4

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 67875 <at> 027168.com

Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 05:24:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: moreinfo, wontfix

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

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From: 67875 <at> 027168.com
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: a bug
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 12:31:18 +0800

The Chinese dash actually occupies a width of four characters, while Emacs only counts two
Changed bug title to 'Emacs measures width of Chinese dash as 2 rather than 4' from 'a bug' Request was from Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 26 Apr 2018 12:05:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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bug#31269; Package emacs. (Thu, 26 Apr 2018 14:58:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: 67875 <at> 027168.com
Cc: 31269 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31269: a bug
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 17:56:48 +0300

> From: 67875 <at> 027168.com
> Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 12:31:18 +0800
> 
> The Chinese dash actually occupies a width of four characters, while Emacs only counts two

What is the Chinese dash character?  Can you tell what is its Unicode
codepoint?

In any case, Emacs derives the width data from the Unicode database,
and I don't think there are 4-column characters there.
Added tag(s) wontfix. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 08 Jan 2019 20:43:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug closed, send any further explanations to 31269 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and 67875 <at> 027168.com Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 08 Jan 2019 20:43:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 06 Feb 2019 12:24:15 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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