GNU bug report logs - #33640
27.0.50; Wrong column when prompt contains combining characters

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2018 00:57:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed, patch

Found in version 27.0.50

Fixed in version 26.2

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 33640 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 33640 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33640: 27.0.50;
 Wrong column when prompt contains combining characters
Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 00:31:18 +0200

tags 33640 fixed
close 33640 26.2
thanks

>> Eli, do you think this fix should be installed to the emacs-26 branch?
>
> Yes, but please also test it with file names that include double-width
> characters.  You can find the list of such characters in
> characters.el (search for "East Asian Wide" there).  The success
> criterion is that minibuffer navigation works with these characters
> not worse than C-n/C-p in "normal" buffers.

I tested also with double-width characters, and they work without problems
before and after applying this patch.  So I pushed it to the emacs-26 branch.
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