Grapheme clusters and backspace (was Re: Coding for Emoji: how to modify programs to work with emoji)

[Daniel Bünzli via Unicode]

Thanks for you answer.

> The compromise that has generally been reached is that 'delete' deletes
> a grapheme cluster and 'backspace' deletes a scalar value. (There are
> good editors like Emacs that delete only a single character.)

Just to make things clear. When you say character in your message, you consistently mean scalar value right ?

Best, 

Daniel