Questions tagged [unicode]
Unicode is the main standard for the representation and encoding of the text of disparate writing systems; the most common implementation of unicode character encoding, as used by Ubuntu and other operating systems, is UTF-8.
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does Ubuntu use a different unicode?
I use Persian letter ۀ (U+06C0) so many times, so I tried to assign a simple key for it.
I opened "/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/ir" and changed a key which I never use, like this:
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Unicode text does not render in WSL Ubuntu
My installation of Ubuntu in WSL fails to render Unicode text. Below is a screenshot from Sanskrit Wikipedia.
How should I fix it?
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Fixing the wrong encoding of filenames
I have a Linode server running Ubuntu 22.04. When I log in through SSH and download files with "Sinhala" language in their names, they show up correctly in the terminal, and I can compress ...
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Hex characters showing instead of unicode on Ubuntu 22.04 (XFCE)
I was trying to fix an issue I had with Libreoffice not displaying certain fonts properly, and when I tried this solution, every character turned into a square, which a reset fixed.
Since then, ...
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Is there a command-line method for converting UTF-8 values into Unicode values?
$ od -t x1 <inputfile produces … 0a e2 8c a5 0a ….
The 0a are linefeeds, and e2 8c a5 are the UTF-8 representation of a Unicode character.
For this simple case, I can do it by hand:
[1110]0010 [10]...
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Unable to disable ctrl+shift+u Unicode input shortcut
I am trying to disable the unicode insert keyboard shortcut of ctrl+shift+u but no matter what I do it is still enabled and I don't understand why. I want to disable it because it interferes with ...
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Set utf8proc or Unicode 9 in Gnome Terminal
Emojis are messing up my Neovim font widths. The github forum here: https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/5149 shows a few approaches, one of which is to get a terminal application that has utf8proc ...
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I want to type music notes 🎵 in Chrome. How? [duplicate]
I use standard Ubuntu and I've downloaded Chrome. In social media I sometimes like to write song lyrics. Instead of using "quote marks" I want to use 🎵music notes🎵. I'm having trouble ...
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Using UTF-16 syntax to include Unicode characters in Bash prompt (PS1)?
There is an existing post on Unix & Linux about including Unicode characters in the Bash prompt, but the method it gives for using the UTF-16 code (syntax \uXXXX) doesn't work for me.
Let's take ...
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Some multicharacter emojis doesn't render correctly
I am trying to create an emoji with Ubuntu 22.04. Almost all emojis are rendering correctly in both my Qt app and terminal except some multicharacter emojis like ❤️🩹 ❤️🔥👁️🗨️
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Ubuntu unicode directory name starting with backslash renaming
How can I rename a folder with the name \316\234aintenance under the Ubuntu terminal?
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Please Help
I've installed 20.04.4 LTS version
I've also installed ibus m17n
Facing difficulty on hindi typing
For Ex और I've to type Its look like आ then ao then र
For ex मार्ग it look मागर्
For ex वि...
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Unicode Gujarati language word not rendering correctly in browsers
Using Google Input tools (the web-version as well as in Gmail) and in a Unicode converter online tool I am trying to get a word જયેન્દ્ર but somehow, except at one place in Firefox browser (please see ...
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How to install keymagic or unicode?
How to install "keymagic" or "unicode"?
I am on ubuntu 21.10.
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Sinhala Unicode Pack re-Installation
Here are my OS details:
Ubuntu version - 20.04.2 LTS
Type - 64 bit
GNOME Version - 3.36.8
I'm new to ubuntu. I accidentally deleted the Sinhala language folder while (having fun), changing fonts/ ...
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Where can I find the layout maps for the variety of options when working with "Layout of numeric keypad?"
I set up my keyboard to have a "compose" key on my Ubuntu 21.04 system. I love the flexibility! When exploring (System Settings-Hardware-Input Devices-Keyboard-Advanced), I discovered the ...
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Unicode characters do not have correct width in the terminal
This doesn't happen with all unicode characters, but does happen with scissors: ✂️
It seems to be a problem independent of font as I've tried multiple different monospace fonts, patched and unpatched ...
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Proper display of unicode characters in desktop notifications
In the desktop notifications I receive (thunderbird, discord...), the smileys and unicode characters don't display properly.
The most annoying is that unicode characters for French are not supported. ...
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printf unicode 7 characters from bash
I am on Ubuntu 20.04. I want to print this symbol from bash and I tried printf "\u1F5E0" but it didn't work. Is this supposed to work or I have font packages missing? Please advise on what I ...
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Why does print('\x9f') in the python3 REPL hang gnome-terminal?
xterm doesn't hang. echo -e '\x9f' doesn't hang on xterm or gnome terminal.
non-REPL python3 (3.6, 3.8, 3.9 tried) truncates the string but doesn't hang. Same for IPython 7.13.0
Gnome Terminal version ...
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What font does Ubuntu 20.04 use for creating keyboard layout?
In Ubuntu 20.04, I have created a new input method for my language (Hmong, language code: hmn) by
editing the text file template.txt in the directory
/usr/share/ibus-table/tables.
After installing the ...
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What could cause huge graphical characters to appear in Gnome Terminal?
I first found this when using pipenv under Ubuntu 18.04, none of my workmates seem to have this issue. Their characters are about the same height as a normal character and twice the width.
When I run ...
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Vietnamese spell check
Spell check in Ubuntu doesn't work for Vietnamese tone marks. The spell check for 'có' is not the same as the spell check for 'có'.
The first (typed with Ubuntu) has this unicode:
111 006F o ...
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How to make a custom xkb layout with combine unicode symbols?
I'm trying to do a custom layout for a language call Pilaga.
I need to make this symbol 'b̶' that I make from combining this unicode char U+0062 U+0336
Now I having trouble trying to add this symbol ...
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Can't get unicode characters to display on Ubuntu Server 20.04.1
I'm running Ubuntu Server 20.04.1 (no GUI) and want to be able to see unicode characters in the terminal. Just to be clear: I'm not SSHed into it, the terminal I'm using is the one directly on the ...
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Unicode input by character name
I greatly dislike inputing unicode symbols by their code numbers. Usually, the way I input these characters is by using Ctrl+Shift+U then typing the code and pressing enter. For example, λ is 'u03BB', ...
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Problem opening and reading Windows NotePad document with Unicode in Ubuntu
I opened a Windows NotePad document in Ubuntu, using Text Editor(gedit), which was in Unicode format and the document opened with a yellow heading section containing error messages:
There was a ...
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Unicode Characters aren't working on urxvt terminal
I want to change my terminal from gnome to urxvt. But there are some issues in urxvt that I cannot resolve. I use vifm for my terminal file manager. Vifm looks different when I am in urxvt.
This is ...
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After upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04, top bars of apps are showing boxes with numbers in them instead of titles [duplicate]
Every application window has these numerical things instead of titles since I upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04:
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Why I get 🇪 If I try insert Estonian flag emoji 🇪🇪 by unicode codepoint?
I want to insert Estonian flag emoji 🇪🇪 by it's unicode codepoint U+1F1EA, but when I press Ctr+Shift+Alt+U and insert the mentioned codepoint, I end up with REGIONAL INDICATOR SYMBOL LETTER E: 🇪
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Text shown as unicode code points [duplicate]
I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04 from 19.10, everything is fine. but when I try some of the apps the text is shown in a boxed unicode code points:
The List of apps showing the behavior is:
File ...
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Only some Chinese characters properly displayed in my Xubuntu 18.04 system
I'm working on a CangJie5 typing tutor program in python, and I want to make the system able to display any character that can be typed using the CangJie5 input method. After making a list of the ...
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Combine overline character with number
According to what I've read pressing Ctrl + Shift + u and then enter the Unicode number, here 203E and then entering the character to combine with, i.e. 6 should result in the correct symbol, but I ...
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Characters in filesystem replaced by Unicode boxes after upgrading to 20.04 LTS
After upgrading to 20.04 LTS, the characters in the terminal, Nautilus, and Settings menu are all being displayed as boxes, as shown in the screenshot. There is no issue with the browser, or the ...
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After updating my Ubuntu from 18.04 to 20.04 Gnome Terminal is showing Unicode Characters?How to fix that?
Screenshot Of Gnome terminal after updating to 20.04.
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Wrong keyboard input in Dhivehi language
On Dhivehi input, when I press the o key, an unexpected character appears. The expected character is the Thaana obofili (U+7AE), and that's what the key mapping shows. But when I press the key, some ...
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UTF-32 support in Ubuntu Terminal?
In Ubuntu 18.04 default Terminal, I go to the main menu and select "Terminal" -> "Set Character Encoding" I only see in the Unicode sublist only UTF-8.
Is it possible to have also UTF-16 and UTF-32? ...
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I want to use the 'convmv' command to change Title and Artist
I used convmv to change the unicode of the file. But Title and Artist cannot change it.I want to change the title and artist.
convmv -r --notest -f TIS620 -t UTF-8 *
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Can't login Ubuntu 18.04 after restart and write commands
After installing a package and remove it with apt-get, I restarted Ubuntu and can't log in again.
When I trying to write in any tty and recovery mode instead of character put square and can't write ...
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Find unicode by its code via grep
How find a symbol by code of Unicode?
E.g. try find a space ('\u20' or '\u0020') in the second line:
echo -e "u20\n \nfoo" |grep "\u20" - found the literal u20, not the space line.
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UnicodeDecodeError error when starting Software Properties GTK Ubuntu 18.04
There is an issue when I try to launch software-properties-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04. Nothing happens when launching via desktop icon, and via terminal this error comes out:
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How to see the green check mark mentioned in man snap?
OS: Ubuntu 19.04
Both the list and find commands in man snap have this:
A green check mark (given color and unicode support) after a publisher
name indicates that the publisher has been verified....
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Getting "pangoxft library not found" error when configuring wxWidgets
I'm trying to configure wxWidgets 3.0.4 on Ubuntu 18.10:
$ ./configure --with-x11
But getting an error when running the config script:
checking for PANGOXFT... configure: error: pangoxft library ...
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How to make Chrome render these characters correctly?
I ran into this font weirdness today (in Chrome, on 18.04):
It should look like this (Screenshot from Firefox on the same system):
Here's what I've tried:
Installing a bunch of font extensions in ...
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Convert Unicode files to monospaced PDF files
What I have: Text files containing straight ASCII with some Unicode special characters and box characters. UTF-8 encoding is used. I am running Ubuntu MATÉ 16.04.
What I want: The text files ...
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How can I input Unicode characters in Kate and Konsole on Kubuntu 18.04?
In Kubuntu 18.04 Konsole or Kate applications, I cannot get special characters by enter a Unicode, such as 0x1234 to display 'ሴ'. Ctrl + Shift + U combo key does not work on those applications, but it ...
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Unable to type INR sign in 18.10 [duplicate]
I am not able to type symbol for Indian rupees using my 18.10. I have set Regional format as English ( India ) and in other areas where I can find English ( India ). But when I type ALT+4, I get 4 on ...
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Ctrl+Shift+u does not work on Kubuntu 18.04
I have installed Kubuntu 18.04 and want to input unicode characters, but Ctrl+Shift+u combo does not work. I also try to install ibus using sudo apt install ibus ibus-gtk ibus-qt4 ibus m17n, then call ...
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Custom Keyboard Variant (for Transliteration of Arabic) not working
I tried setting up a custom keyboard layout in Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS for being able to write Arabic transliteration for scientific purposes (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic ; ...
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Is it possible to use the Greek keyboard layout in Scribus?
I typically have my keyboard set up to use multiple alphabets, toggling with alt+shift; I use American English and Greek most frequently, followed by occasionally Japanese with Anthy, and occasionally ...
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