Re: character sets as they relate to “Raw†string literals for elisp

[Matthew Carter]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

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>   > > > PS: it occurs to me to wonder if my use of Unicode in the prose of 
> this
>   > > > message, outside of the examples, detracted from its readability in 
> any
>   > > > way?
>   > >
>   > > If someone is reading this on a text-mode terminal, it could.
>
>   > We should probably invent a term more accurate than “text-mode
>   > terminal” for things that fail to display text.
>
> The usual term for these terminals is "Linux consoles" or "ttys".
> Let's use those -- they are well-known and specific.

On my tty (rxvt-unicode) in which I am reading this via 'emacs -nw', I'm
unable to see most the non-ASCII characters, they simply show up as
unfilled white rectangles due to lack of support in my current font set.

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