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authorJosh Rahm <joshuarahm@gmail.com>2024-11-19 22:57:13 +0000
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@@ -646,6 +646,12 @@ widespread as file format.
A composing or combining character is used to change the meaning of the
character before it. The combining characters are drawn on top of the
preceding character.
+
+Nvim largely follows the definition of extended grapheme clusters in UAX#29
+in the Unicode standard, with some modifications: An ascii char will always
+start a new cluster. In addition 'arabicshape' enables the combining of some
+arabic letters, when they are shaped to be displayed together in a single cell.
+
Too big combined characters cannot be displayed, but they can still be
inspected using the |g8| and |ga| commands described below.
When editing text a composing character is mostly considered part of the
@@ -686,7 +692,7 @@ You might want to select the font used for the menus. Unfortunately this
doesn't always work. See the system specific remarks below, and 'langmenu'.
-USING UTF-8 IN X-Windows *utf-8-in-xwindows*
+USING UTF-8 IN X-WINDOWS *utf-8-in-xwindows*
You need to specify a font to be used. For double-wide characters another
font is required, which is exactly twice as wide. There are three ways to do