Pedro> To indicate the selected entry from a list, I think a right
Pedro> arrow, or "👉" (Backhand Index Pointing Right, U+1F449) would
Pedro> make a lot more sense.

I tried that one just now and at least on my terminal it is wider.
See the attached screenshot.

Now, we could make "current" take 2 columns.  That might be enough to
solve this in general.  But then a bit of space is wasted in the ASCII /
narrow case.

Tom