Re: [putty] wcwidth.c upgrade

[Behdad Esfahbod <behdad at cs dot toronto dot edu>]

Source from Markus is typically more reliable than any list
around.  In this case I can confirm that the update is correctly
considering newly (Unicode 4.0+) added combining marks.

behdad


On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, Jacob Nevins wrote:

> I'm considering upgrading PuTTY's wcwidth.c to the latest available from
> <http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/wcwidth.c>, on general principles.
>
> Examining the changes, I see that the status of some code points has
> changed, including ones that I think are in your bailiwick:
>
>  000005C4-000005C4 0
> -000005C5-0000064A 1
> -0000064B-00000655 0
> -00000656-0000066F 1
> +000005C5-000005FF 1
> +00000600-00000603 0
> +00000604-0000060F 1
> +00000610-00000615 0
> +00000616-0000064A 1
> +0000064B-00000658 0
> +00000659-0000066F 1
>  00000670-00000670 0
>
> ("0" = combining/zero-width, "1" = normal single-width; so several
> character that were previously spacing characters are now combining.)
>
> Do you (hence or otherwise) have any opinion on whether the upgrade is a
> good idea or a bad idea? Is it likely to break anything (including your
> existing Arabic code in PuTTY)?
>

--behdad
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