Re: [PATCH] Add @cjknarrow modifier (was Re: [Fwd: [1.7] wcwidth failing configure tests])

2009-06-27 Thread Andy Koppe
2009/6/15 Corinna Vinschen: Define the default for ja, ko, and zh to use width = 2, with a @cjknarrow (or whatever) modifier to use width = 1. I think it is good idea. If everybody agrees to this suggestion, here's the patch.  Tested with various combinations like  

Re: [PATCH] Add @cjknarrow modifier (was Re: [Fwd: [1.7] wcwidth failing configure tests])

2009-06-27 Thread IWAMURO Motonori
Hi. 2009/6/27 Andy Koppe andy.ko...@gmail.com: And then there's the Linux compatibility angle, where ja_JP.UTF-8 means ambiguous width 1 not 2. I want you not to judge it based on the behavior of current Linux. Because: - I don't think the behavior is correct. - Now, I am creating the patch

Re: [PATCH] Add @cjknarrow modifier (was Re: [Fwd: [1.7] wcwidth failing configure tests])

2009-06-19 Thread Thomas Wolff
I wrote: Despite IWAMURO Motonori's withdrawal, I think symmetry would be the right approach to take. The major aspect is how to reflect the actual behaviour of existing terminal environments. ... ... The locale interface (syntax and semantics of LC_* strings) is defined in a modular way

Re: [PATCH] Add @cjknarrow modifier (was Re: [Fwd: [1.7] wcwidth failing configure tests])

2009-06-19 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jun 19 13:02, Thomas Wolff wrote: I wrote: Despite IWAMURO Motonori's withdrawal, I think symmetry would be the right approach to take. The major aspect is how to reflect the actual behaviour of existing terminal environments. ... ... The locale interface (syntax and semantics of

Re: [PATCH] Add @cjknarrow modifier (was Re: [Fwd: [1.7] wcwidth failing configure tests])

2009-06-18 Thread Thomas . Wolff
2009/6/16 Corinna Vinschen corinna-cyg...@cygwin.com: On Jun 15 23:35, IWAMURO Motonori wrote: 2009/6/15 Corinna Vinschen: If everybody agrees to this suggestion, here's the patch. Is the name of modifier prefix cjk- good? It influences not CJK characters but a part of symbols and European

Re: [PATCH] Add @cjknarrow modifier (was Re: [Fwd: [1.7] wcwidth failing configure tests])

2009-06-18 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jun 18 14:09, thomas.wo...@nsn.com wrote: 2009/6/16 Corinna Vinschen However, besides of being unnecessary, other systems like Linux or BSD use the language string as directory name relative to the /usr/share/locale directory. ?If this gets ever used on non-Cygwin systems, the

Re: [PATCH] Add @cjknarrow modifier (was Re: [Fwd: [1.7] wcwidth failing configure tests])

2009-06-18 Thread Andy Koppe
2009/6/18 Thomas.Wolff: And as a matter of fact, you can run both xterm and MinTTY with a non-CJK locale and ambiguous characters being wide. This is achieved by invoking xterm -cjk_width or by selecting an according font in MinTTY, e.g. Ming, SimSun, MS Mincho, or even just the popular

[PATCH] Add @cjknarrow modifier (was Re: [Fwd: [1.7] wcwidth failing configure tests])

2009-06-15 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jun 14 22:18, IWAMURO Motonori wrote: 2009/6/13 Corinna Vinschen The problem appears to be that there is no standard for the handling of ambiguous characters. Yes, but the guideline exists. http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-05/msg00444.html A single mail in a single mailing list of a

Re: [PATCH] Add @cjknarrow modifier (was Re: [Fwd: [1.7] wcwidth failing configure tests])

2009-06-15 Thread IWAMURO Motonori
2009/6/15 Corinna Vinschen corinna-cyg...@cygwin.com: Yes, but the guideline exists. http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-05/msg00444.html A single mail in a single mailing list of a single project.  That's rather a suggestion than a guideline... Sorry, my writing was bad. My quotation is a part

Re: [PATCH] Add @cjknarrow modifier (was Re: [Fwd: [1.7] wcwidth failing configure tests])

2009-06-15 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jun 15 23:35, IWAMURO Motonori wrote: 2009/6/15 Corinna Vinschen: If everybody agrees to this suggestion, here's the patch. Is the name of modifier prefix cjk- good? It influences not CJK characters but a part of symbols and European characters. Please refer to Andy's opinion:

Re: [PATCH] Add @cjknarrow modifier (was Re: [Fwd: [1.7] wcwidth failing configure tests])

2009-06-15 Thread IWAMURO Motonori
OK. I withdraw my proposal. 2009/6/16 Corinna Vinschen corinna-cyg...@cygwin.com: On Jun 15 23:35, IWAMURO Motonori wrote: 2009/6/15 Corinna Vinschen: If everybody agrees to this suggestion, here's the patch. Is the name of modifier prefix cjk- good? It influences not CJK characters but a