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Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin <at> cygwin.com> writes:

> wcwidth for the "C" locale returns the standard non-CJK values.  The
> return values for wcwidth only depend on language and the @cjknarrow
> modifier, not on the charset.

Well, technically the @cjknarrow modifier IS part of the codeset.

> 
> > But wait - yet here's my question: Why is there a difference between 
> > 	bash --login
> > and
> > 	bash
> > - where in the latter case CP1252 (or the default ANSI codepage) 
> > *is* still the default?

It must be that one of your startup scripts is changing the locale environment 
variables, where --login pulls in a different set of startup scripts than 
regular shells.  Check the values of LANG, LC_ALL, and friends between your two 
shells.  And use 'bash -vx --login' to spot where it was changed.

-- 
Eric Blake



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