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bug#34524: wc: word count incorrect when words separated only by no-brea
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Pádraig Brady |
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bug#34524: wc: word count incorrect when words separated only by no-break space |
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Sun, 24 Feb 2019 19:55:39 -0800 |
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On 24/02/19 17:07, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> So non break space is generally considered a word delimiter,
> though there are complications you detail from unicode.
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> In regard to options for enabling various behaviors for wc(1),
> I'm thinking we might keep the strict POSIX isspace() behavior
> with LC_CTYPE=C and/or POSIXLY_CORRECT=1, and use iswnbspace()
> by default, since that's the most common operation one would want,
> and is consistent with libreoffice for example.
> I'll adjust the patch along those lines.
Full patch attached.
cheers,
Pádraig
wc-nbsp.patch
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