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

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Message #41 received at 67925 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 67925 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefankangas <at> gmail.com, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca,
 awrhygty <at> outlook.com
Subject: Re: bug#67925: 29.1; delete-rectangle fails on multi-column characters
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2023 10:31:06 +0200

>> OTOH, with monospaced fonts LibreOffice selects such Block Area
>> on the reported text:
>> 
>> and DEL deletes the selected text.  So maybe Emacs should do the same.
>
> The patch I posted in
>
>   https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=67925#8
>
> is supposed to do precisely that (and does it at least in this simple
> example).

I confirm this, so probably it's impossible to do anything better than that.

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