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in thread Trying to determine the output length of a Unicode string

You need a shell capable of displaying unicode (utf8)
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Re^4: Trying to determine the output length of a Unicode string
by Anonymous Monk on Sep 26, 2011 at 08:12 UTC

    I suppose my shell is capable of displaying unicode (utf8).

    When I run this

    perl -CO -E 'say "\x{263a}"'

    I get this output

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      It seems unlikely to me you're using a shell terminal that has the capability to perform the sophisticated typography needed to render a lowercase m with a diaeresis above it and a cedilla below it. It's a matter of computer typography, not of Unicode code point coverage.

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        It's the terminal, not the shell that matters. rxvt unicode works just fine with that invented character.

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