GNU bug report logs - #33775
multibyte: fold: multi-byte sequences as separate columns

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Package: coreutils; Severity: wishlist; Reported by: Michael Siegel <msi@HIDDEN>; dated Mon, 17 Dec 2018 02:15:01 UTC; Maintainer for coreutils is bug-coreutils@HIDDEN.

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Subject: Re: bug#33775: fold: counting multi-byte utf-8 sequences as separate
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severity 33775 wishlist
retitle 33775 multibyte: fold: multi-byte sequences as separate columns
stop

Hello,

On 2018-12-16 6:32 p.m., Michael Siegel wrote:
> I've just discovered an odd behavior of `fold' while trying to wrap a
> piece of text containing phonetic characters.
> 
> Take the following line, for example:

Thank you for reporting this issue and
providing clear, reproducible examples.

Adding complete multibyte/utf8 support to all coreutils
programs is an on-going effort.

I'm marking this as a "wishlist" item, which will remain
open until we complete the implementation.

Related multibyte items are listed here (with "multibyte" prefix):
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/pkgreport.cgi?which=pkg&data=coreutils



regards,
  - assaf






Information forwarded to bug-coreutils@HIDDEN:
bug#33775; Package coreutils. Full text available.
Changed bug title to 'multibyte: fold: multi-byte sequences as separate columns' from 'fold: counting multi-byte utf-8 sequences as separate columns' Request was from Assaf Gordon <assafgordon@HIDDEN> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. Full text available.
Severity set to 'wishlist' from 'normal' Request was from Assaf Gordon <assafgordon@HIDDEN> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. Full text available.

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Hello,

I've just discovered an odd behavior of `fold' while trying to wrap a
piece of text containing phonetic characters.

Take the following line, for example:

Tcl (pronounced "tickle" or tee cee ell /ˈtiː siː ɛl/) is a high-level,

It is 71 characters long. Still, running

echo "Tcl (pronounced "tickle" or tee cee ell /ˈtiː siː ɛl/) is a
high-level," | fold -w 72 -s

produces

Tcl (pronounced tickle or tee cee ell /ˈtiː siː ɛl/) is a
high-level,

I've had someone test this with FreeBSD's `fold', which didn't behave
that way. Instead, it filled out the line as expected.

Further investigation by developers of Adélie Linux revealed that GNU's
`fold' is counting multi-byte utf-8 sequences (in this case, the
phonetic characters) as separate columns:

awilcox on gwyn [pts/11 Sun 16 19:01] ~: cat testing.txt
1234567890 234567890 234567890 234567890 234567890 234567890 234567890
/ˈtiː siː ɛl/ Adélie en français español ¿que? ¡ay! here is 70 chars ^
yep.
awilcox on gwyn [pts/11 Sun 16 19:01] ~: fold -w 72 -s testing.txt
1234567890 234567890 234567890 234567890 234567890 234567890 234567890
/ˈtiː siː ɛl/ Adélie en français español ¿que? ¡ay! here is 70
chars ^
yep.



msi




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