# HG changeset patch
# User Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
# Date 2011-09-21 18:00:41
# Node ID 17688287678051a35f386e4c27fabab8490b0cf1
# Parent  16dc9a32ca04510e5796fece99393fdfc96a5932

encoding: colwidth input is in the local encoding

diff --git a/mercurial/encoding.py b/mercurial/encoding.py
--- a/mercurial/encoding.py
+++ b/mercurial/encoding.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ wide = (os.environ.get("HGENCODINGAMBIGU
         and "WFA" or "WF")
 
 def colwidth(s):
-    "Find the column width of a UTF-8 string for display"
+    "Find the column width of a string for display in the local encoding"
     return ucolwidth(s.decode(encoding, 'replace'))
 
 def ucolwidth(d):