racket / racket/drracket

Most text fields can't fully show unicode characters

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Description

Inputting คุณครู to most text fields in DrRacket would show only about top 70% of the text.

Screen Shot 2020-07-13 at 09 07 19

The text field in find and replace is slightly better, but it still doesn't fully show the text:

Screen Shot 2020-07-13 at 09 11 04

Here's how Chrome's text field displays this text:

Screen Shot 2020-07-13 at 09 07 52

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Research direction

No source file or test is identified in the report. Reproduce the Thai text คุณครู in standard DrRacket text fields and the find-and-replace field, then compare their rendering with the supplied screenshots; done means the complete Unicode text is visible.

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Assessment

Domain
desktop, internationalization
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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