GNU bug report logs - #17196
multibyte: printf: %s counts bytes instead of characters

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Message #20 received at 17196 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jan Novak <jn <at> turbo.sk>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>, 
 Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>
Cc: 17196 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17196: UTF-8 printf string formating  problem
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 23:41:03 +0200

Pádraig Brady wrote:
> Pity there is no consensus here.
> Personally I would go for:
>    printf '%3s' 'blah'  # count cells
>    printf '%3Ls' 'blah' # count chars
>    LANG=C '%3Ls' 'blah' # count bytes
>    LANG=C '%3s' 'blah'  # count bytes

I vote for it ...
it is excellent idea, that "standard" notation works properly in localized environment !
(because this is exactly what users expect)

Thanks !
novak

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