Re: [O] double-width characters in tables

[Jambunathan K]

File a bug report - M-x report-emacs-bug RET - against Orgmode.  I am
sure something useful will come out of it, eventually.  It is good to
get eyes and mouths of emacs-devel-ers involved, for whatever it is
worth.  Believe me it is good, for the discussion and suggestions it
will open up.

Eric Abrahamsen <address@hidden> writes:

> This problem has been flagged up before:
>
> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-issues.html#mid-87pqt04qg1-2Efsf-40gmail-2Ecom
>
> It's causing me headaches at the moment, so I'm trying to see if I can
> find a solution.
>
> The proximate cause of issues with double-width characters in table
> fields (they also mess with justification) is that the contents of the
> fields are propertized with a length based on `length', and not
> `string-width'. So you get this:
>
> #("《蛙》" 0 3 (fontified t line-prefix #("    " 0 4 (face org-indent))
>  wrap-prefix #("    " 0 4 (face org-indent)) face org-table))
>
> 3 is the number of characters in the string, but it takes up 6 columns
> of screen width. That messes up justification.
>
> I can't for the life of me figure out where that number is getting added
> to the string! I tried changing `length' to `string-width' in all manner
> of org functions, such as `org-add-props', but could never get that
> number changed during the fontification of the org tables.
>
> I wouldn't be surprised if this is something outside of org, or if
> "fixing" it would lead to more troubles, but does anyone have any ideas
> about this? Fixable, or not?
>
> Thanks!
> Eric
>
>
>

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