unicode-input.md

Unicode Input

The following table lists Unicode characters that can be entered via tab completion of LaTeX-like abbreviations in the Julia REPL (and in various other editing environments). You can also get information on how to type a symbol by entering it in the REPL help, i.e. by typing ? and then entering the symbol in the REPL (e.g., by copy-paste from somewhere you saw the symbol).

!!! warning

This table may appear to contain missing characters in the second column, or even
show characters that are inconsistent with the characters as they are rendered in
the Julia REPL. In these cases, users are strongly advised to check their choice
of fonts in their browser and REPL environment, as there are known issues with
glyphs in many fonts.

#
# Generate a table containing all LaTeX and Emoji tab completions available in the REPL.
#
import REPL, Markdown
const NBSP = '\u00A0'

function tab_completions(symbols...)
    completions = Dict{String, Vector{String}}()
    for each in symbols, (k, v) in each
        completions[v] = push!(get!(completions, v, String[]), k)
    end
    return completions
end

function unicode_data()
    file = normpath(Sys.BINDIR, "..", "..", "doc", "UnicodeData.txt")
    names = Dict{UInt32, String}()
    open(file) do unidata
        for line in readlines(unidata)
            id, name, desc = split(line, ";")[[1, 2, 11]]
            codepoint = parse(UInt32, "0x$id")
            names[codepoint] = titlecase(lowercase(
                name == "" ? desc : desc == "" ? name : "$name / $desc"))
        end
    end
    return names
end

# Surround combining characters with no-break spaces (i.e '\u00A0'). Follows the same format
# for how unicode is displayed on the unicode.org website:
# http://unicode.org/cldr/utility/character.jsp?a=0300
function fix_combining_chars(char)
    cat = Base.Unicode.category_code(char)
    return cat == 6 || cat == 8 ? "$NBSP$char$NBSP" : "$char"
end


function table_entries(completions, unicode_dict)
    entries = [[
        "Code point(s)", "Character(s)",
        "Tab completion sequence(s)", "Unicode name(s)"
    ]]
    for (chars, inputs) in sort!(collect(completions), by = first)
        code_points, unicode_names, characters = String[], String[], String[]
        for char in chars
            push!(code_points, "U+$(uppercase(string(UInt32(char), base = 16, pad = 5)))")
            push!(unicode_names, get(unicode_dict, UInt32(char), "(No Unicode name)"))
            push!(characters, isempty(characters) ? fix_combining_chars(char) : "$char")
        end
        push!(entries, [
            join(code_points, " + "), join(characters),
            join(inputs, ", "), join(unicode_names, " + ")
        ])
    end
    return Markdown.Table(entries, [:l, :l, :l, :l])
end

table_entries(
    tab_completions(
        REPL.REPLCompletions.latex_symbols,
        REPL.REPLCompletions.emoji_symbols
    ),
    unicode_data()
)