Subject: bug#33775: fold: counting multi-byte utf-8 sequences as separate columns

From: Assaf Gordon <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 23:03:50 -0700

severity 33775 wishlist
retitle 33775 multibyte: fold: multi-byte sequences as separate columns
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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