GNU bug report logs - #67925
29.1; delete-rectangle fails on multi-column characters

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: awrhygty <at> outlook.com

Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 11:00:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #32 received at 67925 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 67925 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>, awrhygty <at> outlook.com
Subject: Re: bug#67925: 29.1; delete-rectangle fails on multi-column characters
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2023 09:27:16 -0500

> Does the same problem exist for deleting rectangles in texts
> with a variable-pitch font?

No, with variable pitch fonts there is also a problem but it's
a different one.  Basically the rectangle commands operate by pretending
your font is monospaced.  You can see it with the rectangle highlighting
of `C-x SPC` where the "rectangle" won't be very rectangular in the
presence of variable pitch fonts.

For such cases, it's not even clear what The Right Thing™ should be.


        Stefan
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