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Right line mismatch with messages containing certain emoji's.

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#333 opened on Mar 30, 2019

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Description

When messages with certain emoji's appear, the right border line of Middle Column, seems to be mismatched. One example of such an emoji is . (have not done an extensive search of which emoji's cause this issue) For example emoji's like this --> 👍🏽 right_line

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Research direction
Investigate how emoji width affects terminal cell rendering, likely in the UI drawing code (e.g., urwid or custom widget). Check if emoji width exceeds expected character width, causing line misalignment.
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python
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frontend
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