.. _spkg_wcwidth:

wcwidth: Python support for wide characters in a terminal
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Description
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Measures number of Terminal column cells of wide-character codes

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/wcwidth

Type
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standard


Version Information
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package-version.txt::

    0.1.7.p0

install-requires.txt::

    wcwidth >=0.1.7


Equivalent System Packages
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conda:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ conda install wcwidth python:wcwidth

opensuse:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ sudo zypper install wcwidth python:wcwidth

See https://repology.org/project/wcwidth/versions, https://repology.org/project/python:wcwidth/versions

However, these system packages will not be used for building Sage
because using Python site-packages is not supported by the Sage distribution;
see https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/29023