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Diffstat (limited to 'wsutil/utf8_entities.h')
-rw-r--r-- | wsutil/utf8_entities.h | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/wsutil/utf8_entities.h b/wsutil/utf8_entities.h index dc5deba554..13dba64270 100644 --- a/wsutil/utf8_entities.h +++ b/wsutil/utf8_entities.h @@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ * http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/ * http://www.utf8-chartable.de/ * and other places + * + * While many modern systems default to UTF-8 and handle it well, some do + * not. The Windows console is a notable example. When adding a glyph below + * you probably shouldn't stray too far from code page 437 or WGL4: + * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_437 + * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Glyph_List_4 */ #define UTF8_DEGREE_SIGN "\xc2\xb0" /* 176 / 0xb0 */ @@ -43,6 +49,7 @@ #define UTF8_RIGHTWARDS_ARROW "\xe2\x86\x92" /* 8594 / 0x2192 */ #define UTF8_LEFT_RIGHT_ARROW "\xe2\x86\x94" /* 8596 / 0x2194 */ +/* OS X command key */ #define UTF8_PLACE_OF_INTEREST_SIGN "\xe2\x8c\x98" /* 8984 / 0x2318 */ #define UTF8_SYMBOL_FOR_NULL "\xe2\x90\x80" /* 9216 / 0x2400 */ |