From: porkchop@invalid.foo   
      
   On Wed, 3 Dec 2025 14:01:38 -0500, James Kuyper wrote:   
      
   > I find it confusing that this is supposed to "work perfectly" "across   
   > diverse OSs". The amount of space that a character takes up varies   
   > depending upon the installed fonts, especially on whether the font is   
   > monospaced or proportional. Those fonts can be different for display on   
   > screen or on a printer. I don't see any query to determine even what the   
   > current font is, much less what it's characteristics are. I don't know   
   > of any OS-independent way of collecting such information. Does this   
   > solution "work perfectly" only for your own particular favorite font?   
      
   Just for use in the terminal & yes it works as advertised.   
      
   In my case I simply need to match the character the user passed   
   to the program when searching for a record. I dont want or need   
   to know what font is used. If the terminal can display it, then   
   I want to use it.   
      
   Example, user invokes: tinybase -s=漢字 data/*.tbf   
      
   Output is...   
      
   FILE:  data/history.tbf   
   LINE:  170   
   BLOCK: 4   
   CRC-8: 0x30   
   QUERY: 漢字   
   MATCH: 漢字   
      
   TAGS: China, History, <漢字>, [wrap:66]   
      
   Ancient China...   
      
   1. Geography and Early Beginnings: Ancient China, a cradle of   
   civilization, evolved along the Yellow River's fertile plains.   
   Protected by the Himalayas to the south, the Gobi Desert to the   
   north, and vast seas to the east, this geographic isolation   
   allowed for a unique and continuous cultural development spanning   
   millennia.   
      
   ...   
      
   James, earnestly intending no offense - add something to the   
   conversion rather than complaining - I want to learn & solve   
   problems that's where I'm seeking help. Just modify the code,   
   make it get closer to your ideal. We'll all benefit.   
      
   --   
   :wq   
   Mike Sanders   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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