Subj : DDLightbarMenu: Improve displaying of items that contain UTF8 (for ter
To   : GitLab note in main/sbbs
From : Eric Oulashin
Date : Sun Sep 07 2025 14:01:52

https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/569#note_7584

I've updated with the change you made for con_out.cpp.  That helps, as things look good with that.  After that though, I got another spam email and I see another case where console.strlen() is reporting more characters than what are displayed, with the string "ииииE ".

```
var str = "ииииE ";
//console.print(str, P_AUTO_UTF8);
console.print(":" + str + ":", P_AUTO_UTF8);
console.crlf();
console.print("Str length: " + console.strlen(str, P_AUTO_UTF8) + "\r\n");
console.pause();
```

In a non-UTF8 terminal, the string gets printed as "ииииииииE", which is 9 characters, but console.strlen(str, P_AUTO_UTF8) returns 10. When displayed, there is a gap of 1 space in the background color:

![UTF8_console_strlen10_actually_9.png](/uploads/d84e38473174b4f14d2fb9131b08a04d/UTF8_console_strlen10_actually_9.png)

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