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Characters taking more than one cell space on buffer, with overlapping text. [Since Creator's Update] #3601
Description
Note: This issue has surfaced on my console, after my computer updated with the Creator's Update
Steps to reproduce
- Install https://github.com/nicolalamacchia/powerline-consolas/blob/master/consola.ttf
- Set font to Consolas (not BOLD)
- I do it by:
item HKCU:\Console\%SystemRoot%_System32_WindowsPowerShell_v1.0_powershell.exe | Set-ItemProperty -Name FaceName -Value "Consolas" - Then run:
$c=[Char]57520;Write-Host "Test${c}Test${c}${c}${c}a" - Now use your cursor to select some of them. I have the character selecting 2 cells at once! (Or at least seeming like 1 character is taking up 2 cells, which I don't think was even possible in the previous versions of PowerShell)
Expected behavior
- All of these symbols are single-spaced, and when selected and printed should only take one cell, and not look like they have a ghost space after them.
Actual behavior
| After print: | On Selection: | On different Selection: |
|---|---|---|
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Environment data
- Background:
Black - Foreground:
DarkYellow(which always looks white)
> $PSVersionTable
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 5.1.15063.138
PSEdition Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion 10.0.15063.138
CLRVersion 4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion 3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
Activity
lzybkr commentedon Apr 20, 2017
Based on the repro, I would say this issue has nothing to do with PowerShell.
I'm not installing the font, but I have another font (Fira Code) that renders those characters correctly, and I can't repro.
I'm guessing the problem is either the font or conhost. You should try to narrow down where the problem is, e.g. try to repro in cmd (maybe write a C# program to print those characters).
Also try changing the font after the characters are on the screen, if selection works as expected with one font, but not your version of Consolas, I might suspect the font.
If you narrow it down to conhost, you can report it here.