Looks good to me too and I was also puzzled as to where the quad should be. Using Windows 7 RC and both Firefox 3 and IE8.
> From: Devon McCormick > the page looks OK to me but I don't see where there's supposed to be a > quad. > > Devon > > On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 1:10 AM, Ian Clark > > Only just noticed that (some) APL chars are not showing correctly on > > my Mac with the APWJ pages, eg in > > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Doc/Articles/Play223 > > notably "quad", which shows as '?'. > > > > The correct unicode (utf-8) char-codes are there, because I can > > copy/paste the offending code from the page into TextEdit, set the > > font to APL385 Unicode, and I then see the correct chars. > > > > Am I the only person with this problem? > > > > I'd guess that MoinMoin is set up to specify certain fonts for its > > code styles, eg <tt class='backtick' ... and these fonts (including > > JSans, maybe?) do not have the APL charset properly represented. > > > > Could it be possible for these code styles to opt to use APL385 > > Unicode if it's installed? (It's downloadable free from > > http://www.vector.org.uk/?area=fonts ) > > > > Or maybe have a separate APL style (needed both for <pre and for <tt)? > > A separate style would be a pity, because the APWJ book (Edn 1) uses > > APL385 Unicode for all code, J included. > > > > In general it's nice to be able to exhibit APL expressions, if only to > > diss 'em. :-) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
