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describe-char and C-u C-x = neglect mentioning anything about width

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Message #14 received at 50272 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 50272 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: Re: bug#50272: describe-char and C-u C-x = neglect mentioning
 anything about width
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:34:26 +0300

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>,
>   50272 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 03:20:08 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > You mean, you'd like to see which characters are "double-width"?  We
> > could add that, but on GUI frames that would just confuse, because
> > those "double-width" characters more often than not take less than two
> > full columns, especially if you happen to use variable-pitch font for
> > such exotic characters (something that happens quite a lot).
> >
> > The width information is only more-or-less accurate on text-mode
> > terminals.  I wonder how to avoid confusing users with this.
> >
> > Does anyone have ideas?
> 
> We could have the command only mention the double-width-ness on
> terminals?

I don't think this is what the OP wants.

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