GNU bug report logs - #44664
28.0.50; troubles with some chars in term

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>

Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2020 19:46:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: confirmed

Merged with 6718, 36983

Found in versions 23.2, 25.3, 27.0.50, 28.0.50

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: schwab <at> linux-m68k.org, bugs <at> gnu.support, 44664 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#44664: 28.0.50; troubles with some chars in term
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2020 06:58:58 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> So if this is the case, then I think the only way we can reasonably
> improve the situation in this area is to have a more elaborate font
> setup.  It would be good to know what font is used by terminal
> emulators, like xterm or rxvt, in these cases, so we could see if we
> could use the same font setup.

Yup.  I'm using Terminal under Debian, and it's finding a font to use
here where "ΡΎ" is the same width as "x", which ideally Emacs should also
do in term-mode windows.  But I've never even looked at the font
machinery, so I have no useful input here...

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