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

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Message #40 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 22:17:18 +0300

> From: Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm>
> Cc: 48125 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 04 May 2021 22:06:36 +0300
> 
> One more question.  In the attached screenshot there're two lines, one
> with soccer balls (width 2), and another with letter "a" (width 1).
> Both do not fit on screen, and are continued to the next (screen) line.
> When at EOL of either, C-x = reports column=142, but the first is longer
> (by 1 column).  That is because it's continued with two backslashes, not
> one.  Is this the right behavior?

I don't see the continuation backslashes in the screenshot, but from
your description the behavior sounds right.  There could even be more
than 2 backslashes in some rare cases.

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