See [the fine manual](http://www.geany.org/manual/current/index.html#statusbar-templates ) for how to change the display of "column".
A "column" is what the editing component we use says it is, which is not all that clear, but seems to most closely approximate code points, except tabs are counted as their display width, and its not clear how combining characters are handled. All in all its a mess, but its unlikely to change. --- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/geany/geany/issues/869#issuecomment-171901937
