Table 5-1: Code points for choosing between text mode and emoji modeįor example, when entering 2611 in Slack, the default behavior of Slack is to replace it with an emoji.
If neither of them is present, the software is free to decide. The code points FE0E and FE0F can be used after a character to select between text and emoji. In the Unicode, this is called Variant Selector. When entering Unicode characters that represent emojis, it is possible to control whether a normal character or an emoji shall be shown. 5 Choosing between Text Mode and Emoji Mode This can still be useful for stubbing and mockups. Of course, you may want to go for something more complex in a proper product rating on a website.
For example, in a product comparison, one might want to have a column "First Impression" and use a star rating there. This can also be used in tools like Google Sheets. One of the things you can do with plain Unicode stars is to create a rating.Īverage Rating: â â â ââ Rating example
Table 3-1: Useful Unicode code points and their purpose 4 Rating Tree with lights, for example for Yule (Christmas) Nicer second level bullet points than asterisk where proper lists are not availableįor use with digits when a dash is needed that's neither a minus nor a range. Nicer bullet points than asterisk where proper lists are not available 3 List of Useful Unicode Code Points Symbol And it doesn't work, for example, in Chrome, cmd.exe, Excel, File Explorer, or Teams. It works, for example, in Outlook, Word, and WordPad. Note that this doesn't work in all Windows applications. For example, to enter the keyboard and mouse symbol 'ð¦' (codepoint 0x1F5A6) in WordPad, type 1 F 5 A 6 Alt+ X. Some Windows applications support entering Unicode by typing the hexadecimal code point number followed by Alt+ X. I'm afraid that plain X11, KDE and other non-GTK applications do not have good support for Unicode input. To enter the keyboard and mouse symbol in X11, press Ctrl+ Shift+ U 1 F 5 A 6. 2.3 In GTKĪll codepoints: Ctrl+ Shift+ U followed by the hexadecimal digits followed by space.įor example: To enter the bullet character in X11, press Ctrl+ Shift+ U 2 0 2 2 SPACE. For example, to enter the keyboard and mouse symbol 'ð¦' (codepoint 0x1F5A6) in IdeaVim, type Ctrl+ V U D 8 3 D Ctrl+ V U D D A 6. For that, one has to convert the code point into a surrogate pair. It is still possible to enter Unicode characters from the supplementary planes in IdeaVim. The shortcut Ctrl+ V, Shift+ U is accepted and expects 8 hexadecimal digits, but only the last four digits have an effect.
Other planes / 32 Bit: IdeaVim currently does not natively support entering 32 Bit Unicode characters. To enter the keyboard and mouse symbol 'ð¦' in Vim, press Ctrl+ V Shift+ U 0 0 0 1 F 5 A 6. Other planes / 32 Bit: Ctrl+ V, Shift+ U followed by the 8 hexadecimal digits of the Unicode code point.įor example: To enter the bullet character 'â¢' in Vim, press Ctrl+ V U 2 0 2 2.
There are many ways how to enter Unicode characters. Everyone in the world should be able to use their own language on phones and computers. The Unicode is an international standard that assigns numbers to characters (symbols) for processing text and scripts with computers. See chapter Browsers for more information. The correct display of information on this page depends heavily on the browser and operating system.