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Subject: Re: Full-width characters break column display
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To: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
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Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:
> The problem is that=20
>
>   (string-width "=E4=BD=95=E3=81=8B")
>
> equals
>
>   (string-width "    ")
>
> i.e, 4 characters, but both strings do not have the same length
> visually.
>
> As long as the two sexps above disagree, it seems difficult to support
> this.

Oh. OK, so now I feel stupid: I was convinced full-width chars were
twice the width of half-width chars=E2=80=A6 and it turns out the names are
treacherous, and they are actually not.

I guess this is a font / display issue then, and not an org-mode
issue.

Sorry for having bothered you and thank you!
  Leo