Re: [DRAFT PATCH v2] Decouple LANG= and testing (was: Test failure due to LANG)

[Ruijie Yu]

Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> writes:

> Ruijie Yu <ruijie@netyu.xyz> writes:
>
>>>>     (format "%-5.5s |" "1234…")
>>>>
>>>> returns different results for different locales, causing
>>>> `test-org-colview/columns-width' to break.
>>>
>>> What are these different results?
>>
>> In CJK locales such as zh_CN and ja_JA, the ellipsis character is
>> truncated, and replaced by a space.
>>
>> I reported to Emacs devs a few minutes ago because I wanted to
>> understand how `format' decide the ellipsis is a two-unit wide character
>> in CJK locales.  I also wasn't sure if that is an Emacs bug or an Org
>> one, and their response would help a lot.
>
> For future reference:
> https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=63029

>From my understanding of Eli's response, org-colview is at fault here, by
calling `length' instead of `string-width' in
`org-columns-add-ellipses'.  Changing this function call might be all it
needs to fix the colview test failure?

-- 
Best,


RY

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