GNU bug report logs - #33232
`gnus-summary-line-format' padding doesn’t work in gui when there are multiple-column-width characters

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Packages: emacs, gnus;

Reported by: "Garreau\, Alexandre" <galex-713 <at> galex-713.eu>

Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2018 21:59:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: wontfix

Merged with 19872

Found in versions 24.4, 5.13, 5.130014

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #23 received at 33232 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
Cc: 33232 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, npostavs <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#33232: `gnus-summary-line-format' padding
 doesn’t work in gui when there are
 multiple-column-width characters
Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2018 08:43:26 +0200

> From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
> Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2018 16:52:32 -0700
> Cc: 33232 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > See Bug#31588, the width of these characters depends on the font, so
> > string-width (which works only on a string) can't give the right answer.
> > Or, from another point of view, it's the font's fault for being too
> > narrow on these characters.
> 
> Yeah, I figured it was probably a font issue, but still it's kind of
> misleading to have a function that *sounds* like it's going to handle
> the font issue, but doesn't.

What part of "string-width" tells you that it handles fonts?
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