GNU bug report logs - #48148
27.2; ox-ascii breaks TITLE line wrongly when 2 width char is used

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Message #34 received at 48148 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Nicolas Goaziou <mail <at> nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Cc: shingo.fg8 <at> gmail.com, 48148 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#48148: 27.2; ox-ascii breaks TITLE line wrongly when 2
 width char is used
Date: Sun, 02 May 2021 19:11:49 +0300

> From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail <at> nicolasgoaziou.fr>
> Cc: shingo.fg8 <at> gmail.com,  48148-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 02 May 2021 17:56:04 +0200
> 
> More than the width of the text, I'm interested in the
> ratio between the width of the text and the width of an underline
> character (assuming monospace).

And that is rarely 2 for double-width characters.  Especially if the
underline and the double-width characters are displayed using
different fonts.

> The string may not be displayed at all. Since it is the output of an
> export process, it could, e.g., be written to a file.

If that text file can be displayed using some software you know
nothing about, then this problem doesn't have an accurate solution,
only approximate ones.

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