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The tough guy's [[ASCII]]. I loved the idea since the start, although it has always been clear to me that it would be a broken system, full of frustrations. | The tough guy's [[ASCII]]. I loved the idea since the start, although it has always been clear to me that it would be a broken system, full of frustrations. | ||
| − | It actually works better than you would think. And then you can have fun putting some 👩 or ⛑ or ♛ ♘ ⛔ ☭ ☠ � etc, etc. in what one likes the most of a computer: plain text. | + | It actually works better than you would think. And then you can have fun putting some 👩 or ⛑ or ♛ ♘ ⛔ ☭ ☠ 🍹 ⚕ � etc, etc. in what one likes the most of a computer: plain text. |
To enter a Unicode character of which you knows the code, in [[Linux]], got ctrl+shift+U and the code itself. | To enter a Unicode character of which you knows the code, in [[Linux]], got ctrl+shift+U and the code itself. | ||
| − | E.g., ctrl+shift+0239 gives you... [[qp|ȹ]]. | + | E.g., ctrl+shift+U+0239 gives you... [[qp|ȹ]]. |
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| + | Useful entries to remember: | ||
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| + | * [[Greek]] goes from 3B1 (α) to 3C9 (ω) so you can try to guess, the most popular being: | ||
| + | ** 3B2 β (easy) | ||
| + | ** 3B3 γ (easy) | ||
| + | ** 3B4 δ (still easy) | ||
| + | ** 3B5 ε (still easy) | ||
| + | ** 3B7 θ | ||
| + | ** 3BC μ | ||
| + | ** 3F0 ϰ | ||
| + | ** 3C8 ψ | ||
| + | * M-dash: 2014 — | ||
| + | * Left arrow: 2192 → | ||
| + | ** There are lot more: 🡢 ⟶ 🡒 🠂 🡒 🡺 (see [http://xahlee.info/comp/unicode_arrows.html Xah Lee] for a list). | ||
Unicode is a crazy thing...
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The tough guy's ASCII. I loved the idea since the start, although it has always been clear to me that it would be a broken system, full of frustrations.
It actually works better than you would think. And then you can have fun putting some 👩 or ⛑ or ♛ ♘ ⛔ ☭ ☠ 🍹 ⚕ � etc, etc. in what one likes the most of a computer: plain text.
To enter a Unicode character of which you knows the code, in Linux, got ctrl+shift+U and the code itself.
E.g., ctrl+shift+U+0239 gives you... ȹ.
Useful entries to remember: