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+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
+ type="task"
+ id="pref-profile-char-width">
+
+ <info>
+ <link type="guide" xref="index#advanced"/>
+ <link type="guide" xref="pref#profile"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.14" date="2014-09-08" status="review"/>
+ <revision version="0.2" pkgversion="3.34" date="2020-01-04" status="review"/>
+
+ <credit type="author copyright">
+ <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
+ <email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
+ <years>2014</years>
+ </credit>
+ <!--<credit type="copyright editor">
+ <name></name>
+ <email></email>
+ <years></years>
+ </credit>-->
+
+ <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+
+ <desc>Display ambiguous-width characters as wide instead of narrow.</desc>
+
+ </info>
+
+ <title>Characters look too narrow</title>
+
+ <p>Some characters, such as some Greek letters and Asian logograms, can take
+ up either one or two cells in a terminal window. These characters are often
+ referred to as <em>ambiguous characters</em>. By default, these characters
+ are displayed with a narrow width in <app>Terminal</app>, which looks better
+ in situations where perfect layout is important, such as in ASCII art. You
+ can change your profile preferences to display ambiguous characters as wide,
+ which can be better if you are reading running prose.</p>
+
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>Press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and select
+ <gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>In the sidebar, select your current profile in the <gui>Profiles</gui>
+ section.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Open the <gui style="tab">Compatibility</gui> tab.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Set <gui>Ambiguous-width characters</gui> to <gui>Wide</gui>.</p>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
+
+</page>