> > bunch of OHM and OMEGA signs, subtle differences in characters. > Of course, the reason why they have different code points is not > that they might look different (this is just a coincidence, caused > by Pango rendering them from different typefaces). The reason the > separate ohm sign exists is presumably a roundtrip compatibility > requirement (i.e. there is some older character encoding that has > it).
I figured the difference in look was just the selection of font... But I also figured that since there WAS an Ohm character, it would probably be best to use it, particularly since I'm guessing it's packed in along with a number of other mathematically minded symbols? So if you're going to be using a few of them, at least you know there's the best chance that they'll suit each other... > In fact, the Unicode standard says that the preferred > representation *is* the Greek capital omega. There aren't different > Unicode character for the Latin letters used for SI units either, > so there is no real reason to use a separate character for ohm in > new applications. Someone should write a bunch of headers packed with #define's to go along with the various sections of the Unicode standard... #include "unicode/siunits.h" #include "unicode/klingon.h" // ;) (BTW, is klingon listed in the Unicode standard?!?) Fredderic _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
