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Note that not all terminal emulators provide this function. My favourite, rxvt, does not f.ex. Update: right, I should read closer..

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Re: Re^3: finding visible length of string?
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Sep 19, 2002 at 20:00 UTC

    Hence:

    depending on how faithfully they have been implemented

    if the implementation is sufficiently faithful

    If the terminal emulation supports it

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