GNU bug report logs - #47712
27.1; Provide `string-display-width` function, which takes properties into account, `substring-width`

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de>

Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2021 21:17:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de>
Cc: 47712 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#47712: 27.1; Provide `string-display-width` function, which takes properties into account, `substring-width`
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 16:40:51 +0300

> Cc: 47712 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de>
> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 15:32:33 +0200
> 
> Okay, fair enough. I am all for removing/obsoleting functionality which 
> is considered an accident as long as a good alternative exists. But if 
> no acceptable alternative exists, the function has a justification and 
> then it may also be possible to improve upon it.

Let's first establish whether indeed there's no alternative.  I'd be
surprised if that's the case, since window-text-pixel-size was written
to support precisely this kind of need.
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