Re: [PATCH v2 03/13] vt: properly support zero-width Unicode code points

[Jiri Slaby]

On 15. 04. 25, 21:17, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> From: Nicolas Pitre <npitre@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Zero-width Unicode code points are causing misalignment in vertically
> aligned content, disrupting the visual layout. Let's handle zero-width
> code points more intelligently.
>
> Double-width code points are stored in the screen grid followed by a white
> space code point to create the expected screen layout. When a double-width
> code point is followed by a zero-width code point in the console incoming
> bytestream (e.g., an emoji with a presentation selector) then we may
> replace the white space padding by that zero-width code point instead of
> dropping it. This maximize screen content information while preserving
> proper layout.
>
> If a zero-width code point is preceded by a single-width code point then
> the above trick is not possible and such zero-width code point must
> be dropped.
>
> VS16 (Variation Selector 16, U+FE0F) is special as it doubles the width
> of the preceding single-width code point. We handle that case by giving
> VS16 a width of 1 when that happens.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <npitre@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx>

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