Egmont Koblinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 12:16:29AM +0800, Abel Cheung wrote: > >> Wait. Quick question: how much should '\b' backstep when wide characters are >> encountered? > > It should move the cursor one single-width cell to the left. It has already > been discussed on this list, see here: > http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-utf8/2005-03/msg00021.html
Surely this is terminal-specific? For example, if I have an ECMA-48 terminal and I am moving in the data component instead of the presentation component, I can move one complete character instead of one unit cell in the presentation component. Regards, Roger -- .''`. Roger Leigh : :' : Debian GNU/Linux http://people.debian.org/~rleigh/ `. `' Printing on GNU/Linux? http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/ `- GPG Public Key: 0x25BFB848 Please GPG sign your mail.
pgpemFeTDohqA.pgp
Description: PGP signature
