GNU bug report logs - #11187
multibyte: fmt: Fix incorrect width handling of multibyte

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko <phcoder <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 18:23:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

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Message #14 received at 11187 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
	<phcoder <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 11187 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11187: [PATCH] Fix incorrect width handling of multibyte
	characters in fmt
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2012 08:34:46 +0200
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:
> On 05.04.2012 21:09, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> Vladimir "'φ-coder/phcoder'" Serbinenko wrote:
>>> Currently fmt assumes that 1 byte= 1 column which creates wrongly
>>> formatted strings. Attached patch fixes it
>> Hi Vlad,
>>
>> Thank you for contributing.
>> This is a large enough change that we'll need an FSF copyright
>> assignment from you.  If you haven't already sent in the one for
>> gnulib, please just add coreutils to the list of affected projects.
>> (you can do up to 4 projects at a time)
> Ok, will do so. I'll also wait till more or less definitive version is
> ready for gnulib before updating the one for coreutils.
> Can I add TP in the same time?

Translation Project?  I don't know if they use the same forms/addresses.
Please ask coordinator <at> translationproject.org to be sure.




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