GNU bug report logs - #56787
29.0.50; Cursor is the same width as tab-width when point is on a tab character

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Justin Guenther <jguenther <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 22:30:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 29.0.50

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Justin Guenther <jguenther <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 56787 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#56787: 29.0.50; Cursor is the same width as tab-width when point is on a tab character
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 05:27:36 +0300

> From: Justin Guenther <jguenther <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 16:29:07 -0600
> 
> starting a week or 2 ago (approximately around c829e63b0a), when point
> is on a tab character, the cursor appears to be as wide as `tab-width'.
> 
> >From any `emacs -Q` buffer:
> * insert a tab character
> * put point on it
> * observe that cursor is 8 chars wide

I cannot reproduce this here, so perhaps it's macOS-specific?
This bug report was last modified 2 years and 294 days ago.

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