From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs could not show this symbol. Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:12:33 +0100 Message-ID: <9D6D3945-FBA2-4DD3-A3FB-26361DC31A33@Web.DE> References: <86ejb08qsv.fsf@freebsd.hasee.cpu> <86y798s6q8.fsf@freebsd.hasee.cpu> <86mypo9e3w.fsf@freebsd.hasee.cpu> <86mypmgcuh.fsf@freebsd.hasee.cpu> <86pruhyk48.fsf@freebsd.hasee.cpu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1204193763 18318 80.91.229.12 (28 Feb 2008 10:16:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: anhnmncb Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 28 11:16:25 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JUfnn-0003t0-AT for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:15:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JUfnG-0008AS-Qb for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:15:14 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JUfkn-0006wM-9t for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:12:41 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JUfkj-0006t5-UN for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:12:39 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JUfkj-0006sb-GT for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:12:37 -0500 Original-Received: from fmmailgate03.web.de ([217.72.192.234]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JUfki-0002TZ-Iq for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:12:37 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp05.web.de (fmsmtp05.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.4.166]) by fmmailgate03.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0260D0C2084; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:12:35 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [195.4.205.87] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp05.web.de with asmtp (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (WEB.DE 4.109 #226) id 1JUfkh-00075x-00; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:12:35 +0100 In-Reply-To: <86pruhyk48.fsf@freebsd.hasee.cpu> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18CMbiILPcRZEIai2GuhgMf2Xrgmj3MriwG7nsZ 6YyAoPrQrKWehPcIX6hW3eIDupDpeVyVTYqZheTpGjNKFGayps SSevOd/EMebWqHGXvy3g== X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:51935 Archived-At: Am 28.02.2008 um 01:56 schrieb anhnmncb: > Now I find another symbol emac couldn't recognize: > > character: =E2=9C=BA (10042, #o23472, #x273a) It's from the dingbats block: SIXTEEN POINTED ASTERISK. Zapf Dingbats =20= has it, the Lucida Sans fonts in Java have it, Code2000, FreeSerif ... I think there is no way to use fc-list. The name of the character can be output when you customise what is =20 printed by C-u C-x =3D. There is particularly one variable name: =20 describe-char-unicodedata-file in GNU Emacs 22 ... 23.0.50 and =20 unicodedata-file in GNU Emacs 23.0.60: '(describe-char-unicodedata-file = "/Applications/UnicodeChecker.app/=20 Contents/Resources/Unicode Data/UnicodeData.txt") '(unicodedata-file = "/sw/lib/clisp-2.43/data/UnicodeDataFull.txt") The file UnicodeData.txt comes with Kermit, Perl, xindy, XeTeX =E2=80=93 = and =20 GNU Emacs 23.x. The file UnicodeDataFull.txt comes with CLisp or xindy. The output then can be: character: =E2=9C=BA (10042, #o23472, #x273a) preferred charset: gb18030 (GB18030) code point: 0x8137C136 syntax: w which means: word buffer code: #xE2 #x9C #xBA file code: #xE2 #x9C #xBA (encoded by coding system utf-8-unix) display: by this font (glyph code) -monotype-arial unicode ms-medium-r-normal--10-98-74-74-p-99-=20 gb18030.2000-0 (#xC136) Character code properties: customize what to show name: SIXTEEN POINTED ASTERISK general-category: So (Symbol, Other) canonical-combining-class: 0 (Spacing, split, enclosing, =20 reordrant, and Tibetan subjoined) -- Greetings Pete Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has =20 never been a really good one, and even those that are most tolerable =20 are arbitrary, cruel, grasping and unintelligent. =E2=80=93 H. L. Mencken