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Bug 107965 - Feature Request: Adding a snap to a power of 2 feature
Feature Request: Adding a snap to a power of 2 feature
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gucharmap
Classification: Core
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Noah Levitt
Noah Levitt
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2003-03-10 05:09 UTC by Roozbeh Pournader
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: Unversioned Enhancement


Description Roozbeh Pournader 2003-03-10 05:09:09 UTC 
I would appreciate if gucharmap gets a snap to the power of 2 feature,
to make the number of cells in each row a power of 2. That is important
since number like 16 and 256 are magic numbers with regard to Unicode, as
Unicode is divided into blocks of 256 and columns of 16. Having arbitrary
number of cells in each row is treating Unicode like a flat space, which is
not.
Comment 1 Noah Levitt 2003-04-20 01:06:59 UTC 
Let me know if you would phrase the menu item differently.
Comment 2 Lars Weber 2004-01-04 02:18:49 UTC 
[ I'll leave it to the maintainer(s) to reopen the bug (or not) since
I don't know whether it would be ok for me to do so. ]

Just wondered whether it wouldn't be better to just make gucharmap
*always* display rows with the number of characters inside a power of two.

Pros:
  o One potentially confusing menu item less.
  o Problem of original bug-report fixed for everyone without the need
for a special setting.
  o Easier to find characters after resizing the window (since
characters do not change position so much).

Cons:
  o Number of characters displayed less optimized than it could be.

I personally don't consider the negative aspect to be so serious...
other people may disagree however :)
Comment 3 Roozbeh Pournader 2004-01-04 11:12:23 UTC 
I wish to second Lars. This should be a default feature.
Comment 4 Christian Rose 2004-01-04 11:47:14 UTC 
Lars: Please open a new bug report suggesting that.
Comment 5 Lars Weber 2004-01-05 07:58:27 UTC 
Done; see bug #130548.