X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SARE_MSGID_LONG40,SPF_PASS,URIBL_RHS_DOB X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3f0ad08d0906140604y49c470eeu68c6c307ec1cd073@mail.gmail.com> References: <20090512165404.GW21324@calimero.vinschen.de> <416096c60905120956n5521929bm69586f5e6325a994@mail.gmail.com> <20090512173153.GY21324@calimero.vinschen.de> <3f0ad08d0905140858j17c7b374paa649f18ef18178d@mail.gmail.com> <200905201652.n4KGqYGm000509@mail.bln1.bf.nsn-intra.net> <200906051625.n55GP6t3028411@mail.bln1.bf.nsn-intra.net> <3f0ad08d0906060242t275a78e7tb9913bf78d1c5e83@mail.gmail.com> <200906121538.n5CFcSld014997@mail.bln1.bf.nsn-intra.net> <3f0ad08d0906140604y49c470eeu68c6c307ec1cd073@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:18:56 +0900 Message-ID: <3f0ad08d0906140618w53c82556ye709c70efc1c65e0@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Fwd: [1.7] wcwidth failing configure tests] From: IWAMURO Motonori To: newlib@sourceware.org, cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com 2009/6/13 Corinna Vinschen : >> I'm not sure which "standard" you are referring to. > > 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 > 2) Unicode Standard Annex #11 > http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr11/ recommends: > > 5 Recommendations > (snip) > > When processing or displaying data > (snip) > > Ambiguous characters behave like wide or narrow characters depending > > on the context (language tag, script identification, associated > > font, source of data, or explicit markup; all can provide the > > context). If the context cannot be established reliably, they should > > be treated as narrow characters by default. > 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. -- IWAMURO Motnori -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/