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From: Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Unicode and text editors
Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2024 11:06:14 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvh67e6u1y.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: nH6NYG-fnvnxkThmCS4DJ_k8YdfRu3QWxcezgZDFlw04v1VTAl9Okx3AV19GJznORt_PjYA2rqAyU4mnSNILeZdAir6kQF_CP5RMX8mcs-U=@protonmail.com

> I am using unicode characters in Emacs.  What happens when people load
> the file in a different text editor?  Will the characters
> be illegible?

Nowadays, the use of non-ASCII characters via the UTF-8 encoding is
sufficiently widespread that if another editor displays them in an
illegible way, it's usually considered as a limitation of that
other editor (tho it may also depend on availability of fonts, which
are usually not specific to an editor but to the overall system).


        Stefan




      parent reply	other threads:[~2024-12-08 16:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-12-08 13:16 Unicode and text editors Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-12-08 13:29 ` Jean Louis
2024-12-08 13:31 ` Basile Starynkevitch
2024-12-08 14:02   ` Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-12-08 15:15     ` W. Greenhouse via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-12-08 16:32       ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-12-08 17:54         ` Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-12-08 18:44           ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-12-08 18:55             ` Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-12-08 19:07               ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-12-08 19:39                 ` Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-12-08 20:43                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-12-08 20:48                     ` Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-12-09  3:24                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-12-09  3:35                   ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-12-08 16:06 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [this message]

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