From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Display of undisplayable characters: \U01F3A8 instead of diamond Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2022 11:04:47 +0200 Message-ID: <878rn0vnf4.fsf@dataswamp.org> References: <87edx28cl1.fsf@disroot.org> <83y1v7w6eu.fsf@gnu.org> <83a67iqo1k.fsf@gnu.org> <87k06m55mw.fsf@disroot.org> <2b564d99d3f609d1af75@heytings.org> <87zgfgvpru.fsf@dataswamp.org> <2b564d99d37a50be72cc@heytings.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="11726"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:VjLXfZEXOzymsFEWS/IH/Y1afco= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 03 11:06:39 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1oUP6t-0002v1-LY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 03 Sep 2022 11:06:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42016 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oUP6s-0001r0-OQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 03 Sep 2022 05:06:38 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:51146) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oUP5G-0000sp-CF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Sep 2022 05:04:58 -0400 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]:51644) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oUP5E-0002YA-NR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Sep 2022 05:04:58 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1oUP5C-0000Vs-EK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Sep 2022 11:04:54 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Mail-Copies-To: never Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: -16 X-Spam_score: -1.7 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.25, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:294620 Archived-At: Gregory Heytings wrote: >> If we have a problem in Emacs we should fix it in Emacs > > Once again, it's not a problem in Emacs, it's an inherent > limitation of the Linux console. So it cannot be "fixed in > Emacs". Why can't we have an option what char should be used instead of those bulky \U01F3A8 strings with the problems they bring which have been mentioned? So if someone wants the old diamond that can be arranged by a simple line of configuration? > Just like the fact that terminal emulators do not support > variable width fonts, which cannot be "fixed in Emacs". > Or like the fact that (most) terminal emulators do not > support color emojis, which cannot be "fixed in Emacs". > Or like the fact that keys like C-. do not work in terminal > emulators, which cannot be "fixed in Emacs". And so forth. -1 -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal