From: porkchop@invalid.foo   
      
   On Fri, 14 Nov 2025 21:20:43 -0000 (UTC), Kaz Kylheku wrote:   
      
   > By width do you mean code point count?   
   >   
   > This is easily confusable for "display width" which is a concept   
   > of how many columns a Unicode string needs on a monospaced display   
   > or printer.   
      
   Well maybe naively I mean the string's length per char...   
      
   My 'fix' (cop-out - ouch!) for now? I'm staying 7bit clean:   
   0x00–0x7F only, tinybase will reject anything at/above: 0x80   
   for a user query.   
      
   > Kazinator's TXR language:   
      
   Kazinator! chuckle.   
      
   > [...]   
      
   I'll study the issue more, that's certainly the bulk of   
   the problem, I need to read up on Unicode.   
      
   Thank's Kaz, always interesting stuff from you.   
   Here? Baby steps, but nevertheless steps...   
      
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