utf8: add utf8_strwidth()
I'm about to use this pattern more than once, so make it a common function.
Signed-off-by: Geoffrey Thomas <geofft@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/utf8.c b/utf8.c
index dc37353..ddfdc5e 100644
--- a/utf8.c
+++ b/utf8.c
@@ -246,6 +246,25 @@
return git_wcwidth(ch);
}
+/*
+ * Returns the total number of columns required by a null-terminated
+ * string, assuming that the string is utf8. Returns strlen() instead
+ * if the string does not look like a valid utf8 string.
+ */
+int utf8_strwidth(const char *string)
+{
+ int width = 0;
+ const char *orig = string;
+
+ while (1) {
+ if (!string)
+ return strlen(orig);
+ if (!*string)
+ return width;
+ width += utf8_width(&string, NULL);
+ }
+}
+
int is_utf8(const char *text)
{
while (*text) {
