[vim/vim] mbyte: wrong cell count for an overlong UTF-8 sequence (PR #21005)
h_east (Vim Github Repository) <[email protected]> Tue, 11 Aug 2026 02:54:32 -0700
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```
Problem: An overlong UTF-8 encoding of an unprintable ASCII character is
displayed as <xx> but counted as two screen cells, so that the
cursor ends up in the wrong position when editing the line.
Solution: Count four cells for an unprintable overlong sequence.
```
fixes: #20988
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https://github.com/vim/vim/pull/21005
-- Commit Summary --
* mbyte: wrong cell count for an overlong UTF-8 sequence
-- File Changes --
M src/mbyte.c (10)
M src/testdir/test_utf8.vim (20)
-- Patch Links --
https://github.com/vim/vim/pull/21005.patch
https://github.com/vim/vim/pull/21005.diff
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