There is new content of widechar_support, but it is doesn't work on ST2 under windows
import unicodedata
import sys
import locale
def wcount(text):
if sys.version_info[0] == 2 and isinstance(text, str):
text = unicode(text, locale.getpreferredencoding())
return len([x for x in text if unicodedata.east_asian_width(x) == 'W'])
def wlen(text):
return len(text) + wcount(text)
There is new content of widechar_support, but it is doesn't work on ST2 under windows