Re: Full-width characters can result in an unwanted space in filenames

[Chet Ramey]

On 3/6/17 2:11 PM, Misaki wrote:

> At the risk of annoying people, I am replying to all.
> 
> If a filename is displayed with 'ls', an extra space won't be copied if you
> highlight and copy it (including middle-click paste/X selection). Is it not
> possible to have user input work the same way?

I will have to see whether I can change the redisplay to either not need
or remove the space.

There is a big difference between `ls', which simply takes characters and
writes them to stdout, and an editor that has to keep track of where it
is on the screen, the effect of writing characters to the display, and
how much screen space those characters consume.

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