GNU bug report logs - #48125
28.0.50; Display garbled by emoji variation sequence

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm>

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2021 16:21:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #28 received at 48125 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm>
Cc: 48125 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#48125: 28.0.50; Display garbled by emoji variation sequence
Date: Tue, 04 May 2021 19:05:02 +0300

> From: Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm>
> Cc: 48125 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 04 May 2021 18:34:09 +0300
> 
> BTW, I see that emoji, as well as other characters from fonts different
> from my selected one (Terminal has some font fallback logic), have
> different width.  Is it ok for Emacs if a terminal emulator uses
> different widths for different chars?

OK in what sense?  On TTY frames layout and rendering are left to the
terminal emulator; if it can handle this situation, Emacs won't care.
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