I think you are correct, Richmond. Blagodarya vi mnogo (transliteration from vague memory, so apologies if mangled).
Best wishes, David Glasgow > On 22 Feb 2017, at 2:04 pm, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Frankly I would just take a look at the Unicode convention's guff: > > U+2205 is a sort of "O" with a slanted line through it: > > http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2205/index.htm > > http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2200.pdf > > If you stare at this PDF long enough you might get a free trip without having > to reach for the LSD! > > This is NOT really the problem. What is the problem is whether the stuff > "under the hood" in your operating system recognises U+2205 as the null set > character or not. > > I would suggest the "quickest route to heaven" is to ask Microsoft and Apple > directly. > > This would seem to suggest that Windows has not jettisoned all its > pre-Unicode bumf: > http://superuser.com/questions/61742/how-to-insert-a-null-character-ascii-00-in-notepad > > While ASCII 00 may result in a null set character being inserted in some > Windowsy code, it may not > be displayed as the "happy" slashed zero. > > Richmond. > > > > > On 2/22/17 3:15 pm, David V Glasgow via use-livecode wrote: >> Hello, folks. >> >> I already posted this, but no response. I have a bit more informations and >> new areas of confusion, so I thought I would try again. >> >> I have a group displaying a number of single character fields which can be >> clicked on to populate other fields. Essentially a pick list. One of the >> options is the null set character ( the O with a line through it, U+2205). >> I have tried to find a cross platform font that displays it on Mac & Win. I >> got some apparently duff info that Trebuchet would do the trick, It is OK >> on Mac, but appears as the mystery character box on Win standalone. >> >> So I did some more digging, and it is listed among the characters displayed >> by unicode Arial MS. So I set the fonts accordingly and again it works fine >> on Mac, but when I test a build on Windows, I get the mystery box. This >> really surprised me. I did wonder whether I might get the NUL symbol >> appearing as letters top left to bottom right (U+2400), but the no such >> character surprised me. >> >> I have never attempted any unicode jiggery pokery - is that what I need to >> do, and if so, any guidance? >> >> Best wishes, >> >> David Glasgow >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
