Re^4: uparse - Parse Unicode strings

The problem is that the final glyphs are hard-coded. Although it might look like you're providing instructions to dynamically generate the glyphs, you're really only indicating which hard-coded glyphs to use.

The following two glyphs can only be selected as a single entity; however MAN-GIRL-BOY is hard-coded but MAN-BOY-GIRL is not.

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$ uparse 👨‍👧‍👦

============================================================
String: '👨‍👧‍👦'
============================================================
👨      U+1F468  MAN
        U+200D   ZERO WIDTH JOINER
👧      U+1F467  GIRL
        U+200D   ZERO WIDTH JOINER
👦      U+1F466  BOY
------------------------------------------------------------

👨‍👦‍👧

$ uparse 👨‍👦‍👧

============================================================
String: '👨‍👦‍👧'
============================================================
👨      U+1F468  MAN
        U+200D   ZERO WIDTH JOINER
👦      U+1F466  BOY
        U+200D   ZERO WIDTH JOINER
👧      U+1F467  GIRL
------------------------------------------------------------

In PowerShell:

PS C:\Users\ken> $joiner    = [char]::ConvertFromUtf32(0x200D)
PS C:\Users\ken> $man       = [char]::ConvertFromUtf32(0x1F468)
PS C:\Users\ken> $girl      = [char]::ConvertFromUtf32(0x1F467)
PS C:\Users\ken> $boy       = [char]::ConvertFromUtf32(0x1F466)
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PS C:\Users\ken> "$man$joiner$girl$joiner$boy"
👨‍👧‍👦
PS C:\Users\ken> "$man$joiner$boy$joiner$girl"
👨‍👦‍👧

Notice how the BOY remains on the lower-right regardless of whether the GIRL is included or not. The MAN-BOY is a preset glyph; adding GIRL after that just adds another glyph (even if the ZWJ combines these two glyphs into a singly-selectable unit).

Hopefully, at some future point, sequences of glyphs, joiners, modifiers, and so on, will act as an instruction to dynamically generate a new glyph.

— Ken

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Re^5: uparse - Parse Unicode strings by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Nov 19, 2023 at 12:11 UTC
Notice how the BOY remains on the lower-right regardless of whether the GIRL is included or not That's not what I see! Whichever of girl or boy appears first, is rendered on my lower-left as I look at the screen. PS C:\> "$man$joiner$girl$joiner$boy" 👨‍👧‍👦 PS C:\> "$man$joiner$boy$joiner$girl" 👨‍👦‍👧 In the first one above, the boy is on the lower-right; in the second one the boy is on the lower-left. If only one of boy or girl is included, they appear on the lower right as I look at the screen. PS C:\> "$man$joiner$boy" 👨‍👦 PS C:\> "$man$joiner$girl" 👨‍👧 Maybe it depends on the font? 👁️🍾👍🦟	[reply]
Re^6: uparse - Parse Unicode strings by kcott (Archbishop) on Nov 19, 2023 at 12:56 UTC
"Maybe it depends on the font?" Probably the same font issue we've been encountering for some days. I see the same as you describe with a single child: PS C:\Users\ken> "$man$joiner$girl" 👨‍👧 PS C:\Users\ken> "$man$joiner$boy" 👨‍👦 — Ken	[reply]