From 60f553d271886963447c518e6ded9635c6518975 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Josefsson Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 13:35:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mention Unicode limitations. --- etc/PROBLEMS | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index c174904a183..38fca8a3dba 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS @@ -27,6 +27,19 @@ mule-unicode-2500-33ff:-gnu-unifont-*-iso10646-1,\ mule-unicode-e000-ffff:-gnu-unifont-*-iso10646-1,\ mule-unicode-0100-24ff:-gnu-unifont-*-iso10646-1 +* Encoding some characters as Unicode (UTF-8/16) is rejected by Emacs. + +Emacs currently, by default, only supports the parts of the BMP whose +codepoints are in the ranges 0000-33ff and e000-ffff. This excludes +CJK, Yi, Music, and Maths. + +If you try to save a file containing characters with code points +outside this range, Emacs will suggest other compatible coding +systems. + +By turning Utf-Translate-Cjk mode on, many more CJK characters are +included in the support. + * Problems with file dialogs in Emacs built with Open Motif. When Emacs 21 is built with Open Motif 2.1, it can happen that the -- 2.39.2