Questions tagged [unicode]
Unicode is a standard for encoding text characters and emojis as bit strings. As examples, 201A represents the comma punctuation mark and 1F643 represents an upside-down smiling face emoji. See the [official Unicode site][1]. [1]: https://home.unicode.org
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Any straightened version of jogs like "ㄣ" in Unicode? [closed]
Here is U+3123 BOPOMOFO LETTER EN: "ㄣ".
Is there any "straightened out version"? I.e., please recommend a better Unicode character, where all angles are 90° Flipped is OK, mirrored ...
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Exporting old WhatsApp conversations and dealing with legacy encoded emojis from IOS 4.0
I am trying to export and archive some old WhatsApp conversations from 2012-2013, and visually render them so they appear as if on the phone screen. I found this great piece of software - https://...
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Is there an alternative to makecab.exe?
I'm trying to create a cab file with files that have å, ä and/or ö in the file name. Makecab doesn't support Swedish characters, apparently, and fails. Is there any program that can make cab files ...
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How can I find example usage of specific unicode characters?
I'm interested in learning how particular Unicode characters are used. I want a tool which allows me to search for a particular character or code point and then will show me that character and some ...
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Converting an entire directory from UTF-8 to Shift JIS in Windows
I need to be able to convert an entire directory of txt-like files (.srt files in this case) from UTF-8 to Shift JIS. I'm looking for efficient ways to do this, since its likely I'll need to do this ...
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Tool to view invisible Unicode characters in text for Windows
I have text that looks like this:
واحد اثنين 12 000
I would like to see if the space between the 12 and the 000 is a normal space (U+0020) or a narrow no-break space (U+202F). I would also like to ...
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Alternative to CharMap
The Windows Character Map allows me to scroll through all the characters that exist in a particular font, either sorted strictly by codepoint number or grouped by Unicode Subrange name, and select one ...
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Tool to convert HTML entities & numeric code representations of Unicode characters to UTF-8 (Windows CLI)
Please recommend a gratis command-line (CLI) tool for Windows that will convert all HTML entities as well as common Unicode character numeric code representations within ANSI/UTF-7 encoded text files ...
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Unicode character picker
Too many times I find myself googling "Unicode " to find a Unicode character suitable for my needs. I'm now trying to replace that silly procedure with something more reproducible and ...
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Small and fast Unicode character picker with support for TeX math
Sometimes I need simple Unicode math characters (like α≠β) quickly inserted into any text field. Since I'm very used to LaTeX it's very convenient for me find these through their equivalent (La)TeX ...
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Insert Unicode characters using alias like LaTeX
When I am on a Zoom session or messaging a group on Discord or messenger (on PC, Windows 10) about math/computer science related topics, I frequently run into situations where it is easier for me to ...
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Unicode character picker but for a custom selection of characters
I frequently find myself googling for certain unicode symbols like "unicode right arrow" or "unicode ge" or "unicode checkbox" and then copy-pasting what I find into whatever piece of text I'm in the ...
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Is there a font that has more readable unicode arrows '→'?
I am trying to make my Agda code easier to read. The fonts I commonly used (Dejavu Sans Mono, Hack, Fira Code, Menlo) all has tiny arrow heads, which makes it very difficult to read. Is there a font (...
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Convert UnicodeData.txt to a string of GCs
Some Unicode versions contain the file ucd/UnicodeData.txt. It describes many characters with fixed fields postfixed with a ; (semicolon). Basically it follows the format:
<code-point>;<name&...
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Unicode keyboard shortcuts known from Linux on Windows?
On Windows I miss the Linux functionality, that any existing character could be inserted by pressing Ctrl + Shift + u1234, where "1234" is a Unicode code of that character.
Some of the characters ...
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Online Unicode renderer
Sometimes I have texts with Unicode characters not known to my system (using Ubuntu I already have a plethora of fonts installed by default, but there are still unknown characters in the world).
Is ...
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Editor that can edit UTF-8 texts that contain non-printable characters
I need to edit some UTF-8 text that contains control characters (including NUL, used to mark in that text where "C strings" end).
Most text editors either break, because they want "pure text" without ...
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Android app for exporting contacts properly to csv / ods / xlsx
I use Android 5.1 on my phone. My contacts include information in essentially all fields (e.g. including email, mailing addresses, notes and more obscure ones), many include photos, and many contain ...
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A better charmap for Windows, with string search and latest Unicode/emoji characters
There's a charmap tool in Windows but it lacks certain features:
Search by description: it should be able to search by the description of the characters, like "back arrow" should find ← and ...
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Converting non-ASCII Unicode symbols into words
I am looking for a Python package that can take a text as input and return the same text with any "non-ASCII Unicode symbol" converted into a word that represents it, if such conversion makes sense.
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A tool to format text with Unicode combining characters l̲i̲k̲e̲ t̅h̅i̅s̅
Unicode enables some formatting in plain text using combining characters like U+0332 COMBINING LOW LINE: E̲x̲a̲m̲p̲l̲e̲ ̲o̲f̲ ̲u̲n̲d̲e̲r̲l̲i̲n̲e̲d̲ ̲t̲e̲x̲t̲.
How do I do it automatically, without ...
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Source code editor for Windows that lets me set a font for each Unicode script
I work with source code and exotic world languages.
I want to edit my source code in a monospace font.
But I also want to be able to include arbitrary Unicode text in rare scripts that might only ...
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Windows tool to recursively download website preserving Unicode filenames
Normally I use GNU wget to grab websites recursively.
But I want to fetch some websites with lots of Unicode URLs for various languages and I'd like to keep the Unicode in the filenames. (Here's an ...
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Visual editor for math expressions, with basic or better yet, full Unicode support
I am looking for a separate, standalone visual math editor. Requirements:
Full or, at least, basic Unicode support (explanation below).
Portable by nature. It means that all the app needs for ...
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Kaomoji search engine
Kaomoji is a powerful way to add expressiveness to characters-only conversations:
(*_*) ^_^' m(__)m (^▽^)ノ （＾。＾@）／ ヽ(^^)(^^)ノ♪ ＿|￣|○
＼(^0^)人(^0^)／ (゜゜)(。。) (≧へ≦) (-_-ﾒ) ...
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Zip-Library with unicode und 7z support
For our project (Language C++/C) we are looking for a zip library which support:
unpacking of archives (creating would be nice, but is not that important)
Unicode file names (as archive, as content ...
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unicode nomalisation reverse lookup
There is a standard algorithm to decompose a unicode compatability character to its canonical form. The canonical form may consist of one character or more than one characters.
Here I ask for the ...
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URI percent-encoding of characters (UTF-8)
I want to percent-encode given characters (using UTF-8) so that they can be used in URIs.
Something like the Web app http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/dencoder/, but as FLOSS and as a solution for GNU/...
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Alternative for Python Shell
Executing Python in the Command Prompt causes some problem for entering data in UTF-8.
in my case command prompt and subsequently Python shell doesn't show Persian characters correctly.
I changed ...
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Unicode string analyser with neatly arranged results
I have a string and want to know of which Unicode characters it consists. Character name and code point is sufficient.
A solution must be FLOSS and run natively on GNU/Linux.
The command-line tool ...
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Libraries to work with Unicode in C?
I'm currently using char * for strings in my C program. I'd like to learn how to implement Unicode support and have been looking at utf8proc.
Is utf8proc the best general-purpose Unicode library for ...
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Tool to insert Unicode character by its numeric code
Yet before Windows came, as a DOS user you maybe remember shortcuts like Alt+(numpad064) you could type anywhere to insert @ (character #64).
I'm seeking for a Windows tool which can
Convert typed ...
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Font editor for Windows
I'm looking for a font editor possibly with the following specs:
ability to edit / import most common types of fonts (ttf, woff etc)
export / import svg files as glyphs
set basic glyph positioning ...
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Alternative to Google Reader
I used to use Google Reader a lot to check blogs I follow daily. It was really good and user friendly. But Google closed Google Reader, and people who used it face a bit of a problem.
Is there an ...
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foobar2000-like audio player for OS X (and bonus: GNU/Linux)
I am considering migrating to Mac OS X. But I like music too much, so I must find an audio player that will be comparable to foobar2000.
Some features that I will miss when using another audio player ...
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Plain text editor that supports vertical text (for Chinese, Japanese, etc)
I would be interested to find a plain text editor that provides a mode for vertical text.
Chinese and Japanese can both be written either left-to-right in rows going from top to bottom, or top-to-...
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