On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Ingo Karkat <[email protected]> wrote: > On 09-Mar-2011 10:37, tyru wrote: >> 1. vim -u NONE -i NONE >> 2. :echo strdisplaywidth("\<Tab>foo", 8) >> >> It returns 11 but I expect that the return value is 3 ("foo"). >> I'm getting something wrong? >> Default 'tabstop' value is 8, so strdisplaywidth("\<Tab>") returns 8. >> it is expected value, though. > > 11 = 8 (<Tab>) + 3 ("foo") is correct; the <Tab> occupies 8 display cells, and > is therefore included. The function is mostly used for visual alignment along > screen colums. I specified 8 to strdisplaywidth(), it should skip 8 display cells (<Tab>), doesn't it?
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