Centuries ago, Nostradamus predicted that Robert Palm would write on Fri Dec 15 15:10:58 2023:
> > I am playing with UTF-8 characters and try to display, e.g. a lock > symbol https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+1F512 > > I use xfce and set the terminal default character encoding to UTF-8 in > advanced settings. > > Still I cannot get it displayed in xterm or emacs, e.g. by simply > trying to copy paste from the website :-/ > > Emacs gives a box and xterm a blank. > Does your version of xterm support UTF-8? Uxterm was originally the version of xterm that supported UTF-8. That was a long time ago; on my system, xterm now also supports UTF-8. Maybe on your system you have to install uxterm. Jay F. Shachter 6424 North Whipple Street Chicago IL 60645-4111 (1-773)7613784 landline (1-410)9964737 GoogleVoice j...@m5.chicago.il.us http://m5.chicago.il.us "Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur"
