Re: [BUG] PRIORITIES does not accept multi-byte unicode characters [9.6.9 (N/A @ /gnu/store/3rxpvdkn907pb1ccm2yl3ffyaz02k7d1-emacs-org-9.6.9/share/emacs/site-lisp/org-9.6.9/)]

[Ihor Radchenko]

Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> writes:

>> Expected: The lowest priority is selected: [#🇩🇪]
>>
>> Actual: Only the first byte of the lowest priority is selected: [#🇩]
>
> Try M-x describe-char on any of these emojis.
> Org mode relies on `string-to-char' to extract the priority char and
> (insert (string-to-char "🇩🇪")) ;=> 🇩
>
> So, it is a problem with Emacs. You may report it with M-x report-emacs-bug

I am looking into this now, with a different set of system fonts, and it
is now clear what is going on.

🇩🇪 is actually not a single Unicode character, but 2 characters: 🇩 and
🇪. The reason they are rendered as emoji is likely font composition
rules.

Org mode priorities _must_ be a single char.

That said, it is indeed confusing when what _appears_ to be a single
char is not under the hood.

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