From: Bonita.Montero@gmail.com   
      
   Am 03.12.2025 um 20:01 schrieb James Kuyper:   
   > 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?   
   Can C handle that with those means given by the standard itself.   
   And is this really necessary to consider. Consoles are almost always   
   fixed space. I guess the standard output for an laser printer in line   
   printed mode is also fixed space.   
      
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