[BUG] Combining Diacritical Marks Counted as Separate Characters

[EnthusiasticTech]

Project

cortex

Description

e + combining acute (é) counted as 2 chars for truncation/indexing.

Error Message

Debug Logs

System Information

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OS: Linux 6.8.0-87-generic (Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS)
CPU: Intel Core i7
RAM: 16 GB
Cortex Version: 0.1.1

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Steps to Reproduce

1. cortex run "Café" | head -c 4

Expected Behavior

Grapheme cluster awareness (Café is 4 graphemes).

Actual Behavior

Codepoint counting; combining mark lost or split.

Additional Context

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[echobt]

Thank you for reporting this issue! We've confirmed the problem and submitted a fix.

The issue you described, where characters like "e" (e + combining acute accent) were being counted as 2 characters instead of 1, has been addressed. The application will now correctly treat these combined character sequences as single visible characters, ensuring text is truncated properly without breaking apart accented letters or emoji.

The fix is now under review: CortexLM/cortex-cli#158

Once the fix is merged, it will be available in the next release. Thanks for helping us improve Cortex!