Unicode for Programers

What is Unicode

• Unicode: Character Set, Encoding, UTF-8, Code Point
• Unicode: Code Point (Char ID)
• Unicode: Character Name
• ASCII Characters
• Unicode: UTF-8 Encoding
• Unicode: UTF-16 Encoding
• Unicode: Surrogate Pair
• Unicode: BOM, Byte Order Mark

• What Encoding Do Chinese Websites Use?
• Best Unicode Fonts for Coders
• Unicode UTF8 History, by Rob Pike

Syntax, Semantics, Design

• Programing Language: ASCII Char Jam vs Unicode (2011)
• Unicode BOM Hack
• HTML Entities, Ampersand, Unicode, Semantics
• URL Percent Encoding and Unicode (2010)

• The use of Unicode Brackets 〈〉《》【】〖〗「」〔〕 (2011)
• Syntax Semantics Design: Use of Unicode Ellipsis Symbol vs Dot Dot Dot
• Unicode Semantics: the ∀ in Turn A Gundam
• Semantics of Symbols: Examples Unicode Symbols Usage
• Unicode Symbol for “e.g.” (exempli gratia)
• Unicode RIGHTWARDS BLACK ARROW and BLACK RIGHTWARDS ARROW Problem ⬅ ➡ ⮕

Unicode Support in Computer Languages

• Programing Language: Emoji and Math Symbols in Function Name, Variable, Operator
• Character Sets and Encoding in HTML
• HTML XML Entities
• Using Unicode in HTML Attributes
• Python: Unicode 🐍
• Ruby: Unicode Tutorial 💎
• Perl: Unicode Tutorial 🐪
• Wolfram: Source Code Encoding and Unicode
• Unicode in Java
• Linden Scripting Language (LSL) Unicode Support

• JS: Default Charset/Encoding
• JS: String is 16-Bit Unit Sequence
• JS: String.fromCodePoint (Char ID to Char)
• JS: Unicode Character Escape Sequence
• JS: Allowed Characters in Identifier

Unicode Support in Tools

• Unicode Support in File Names: Windows, Mac, Emacs, Unison, Rsync, USB, Zip (2009)
• Unicode Character Equivalence Support in Web Browsers (2011)
• Unicode Font Comparison: Arial Unicode MS vs DejaVu Sans

Processing Unicode

• Python: Get Unicode Name, Code Point
• Python: Convert File Encoding
• Converting Charset Encoding with Java

Unicode and Emacs

• Emacs and Unicode Tips
• Emacs Unicode Browser (xub-mode)
• Emacs: xah-math-input.el
• Emacs Keyboard Macro Example: Insert All Unicode Bullets
• Emacs: Remapping Keys Using key-translation-map

misc, unsorted

• Invisible Character from Twitter
• the Journey of a Foreign Character thru Internet
• Linux Hacker Propaganda on UTF-8 Encoding