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New characters for Unicode (yes, it's relevant to this board)

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  • 15-03-2003 9:56pm
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    Yoda
    Registered Users Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭


    (And yes, I did post this to the Paganism list as well, and no, I'm not going to post it elsewhere.)

    Many of you, well, some of you, know that I am one of the more active contributors to the Unicode Standard and that I am Irish representative to the ISO mirror committee responsible for ISO/IEC 10646. This weekend I decided to propose for encoding a number of characters missing from the standard. I would like it very much if some of you could review these, and in particular in view of the Neo-Pagan characters, let me know if you have samples of these in in-line text.

    Proposal to encode Baha’i and Neo-Pagan religious symbols in the UCS http://www.evertype.com/taisce/n25xx-bahai.pdf (444K)

    Proposal to encode four miscellaneous symbols in the UCS (permanent paper, handicapped, atomic power, and shamrock) http://www.evertype.com/taisce/n25xx-handicapped.pdf (489K)

    Proposal to encode symbols for genealogy and gender studies in the UCS http://www.evertype.com/taisce/n25xx-gender.pdf (499K)

    I really appreciate it.


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    HerrLipp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 106 ✭✭HerrLipp


    What's the point in putting these into Unicode? It's crowded enough with legitimate language characters.


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    Shinji
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,275 ✭✭✭Shinji


    While the original post has some borderline relevance to the board (maybe. sort of.) any further discussion on this topic does not. If you want to have a fun exciting conversation about unicode, take it to the tech board. Or better yet, to Yoda's private inbox.


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    Talliesin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,314 ✭✭✭Talliesin


    We only need one thread on it, we're happy to have it under Paganism.
    I won't rule any discussion of the gender-studies characters off-topic (well, not if it sticks to the characters and doesn't meander completely), so bring it here and keep Sinji happy.


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    Yoda
    Registered Users Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭Yoda


    Sinji, the thread isn't about Unicode. It is about symbols used to describe LGBT sexuality. Yes, I want to get them encoded in Unicode so people can use them as easily as they can the Venus and Mars symbols, but it's the proper identification of the set that I need advice on.

    So, boardetti, please do bring the discussion of the gender symbols to the Paganism board.


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