patch 8.2.2640: screenstring() returns non-existing composing characters Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/f1387285e2ebe5cb3688d729fc6fd01a169a76c1 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Mon Mar 22 17:11:15 2021 +0100 patch 8.2.2640: screenstring() returns non-existing composing characters Problem: screenstring() returns non-existing composing characters. Solution: Only use composing characters if there is a base character.

#!/usr/bin/python
#
# Program that writes a number to stdout repeatedly
#
# This requires Python 2.6 or later.

from __future__ import print_function
import sys
import time

if __name__ == "__main__":

    done = 0
    while done < 10:
        done = done + 1
        print(done)
        sys.stdout.flush()
        time.sleep(0.05)  # sleep 50 msec