GNU bug report logs - #60094
current-column returns an incorrect number of columns for some characters

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Message #15 received at 60094-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 60094-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Rodrigo Morales <moralesrodrigo1100 <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#60094: current-column returns an incorrect number of columns
 for some characters
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2023 14:11:42 -0700

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> tags 60094 notabug
> thanks
[...]
> So there's no bug here: Emacs does what it's supposed to do.  The doc
> string of current-column says:
>
>   This is calculated by adding together the widths of all the displayed
>   representations of the character between the start of the previous line
>   and point (e.g., control characters will have a width of 2 or 4, tabs
>   will have a variable width).
>
> Note the "displayed representations" part.

Thanks, I'm therefore closing this bug report.

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