GNU bug report logs - #63398
28.2; Doc or behavior of replacement commands (e.g. `replace-string')

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: "63398-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <63398-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#63398: 28.2; Doc or behavior of replacement commands (e.g. `replace-string')
Date: Wed, 10 May 2023 15:50:47 +0000

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> > > but on my system it is an actual em dash -- a much
> > > longer character, thus the confusion
> > > is unlikely.
> >
> > How can it be a longer char, if the font is fixed width?
> 
> The ASCII dash has whitespace around it, which em dash lacks.

In any case, what I see with emacs -Q (in Emacs 28.2)
is that the em dash, with no surrounding space chars,
seems to have the same width as all of the other
fixed-width chars.  Hence it _appears_ as if it were
adjective "replace-provided".  See attached screenshot.
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Also, "lower case" is better as "lowercase".

https://english.stackexchange.com/a/59413

[throw-em-space-in-Info.png (image/png, attachment)]

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