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Re:Why isn't the external link symbol in Unicode? (2018) by geocar on Thursday April 30, 2020 @10:32AM (#23031188)
> That sounds like an issue that could be solved by updating the renderer's gtld list with the various new ones that have been coming out instead of adding invisible meta characters.

Negative. My renderer is a piece of paper.

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Re:Why isn't the external link symbol in Unicode? (2018) by ViViDboarder on Thursday April 30, 2020 @12:28PM (#23032725)
If your renderer is a piece of paper, how is Unicode relevant at all? You’re free to freehand anything you’d like.
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Re:Why isn't the external link symbol in Unicode? (2018) by andrewzah on Thursday April 30, 2020 @11:00AM (#23031561)
... Why would an invisible meta-character for links be necessary if the output is paper? You can already specify a link by prepending 'http://', etc.
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Re:Why isn't the external link symbol in Unicode? (2018) by geocar on Thursday April 30, 2020 @11:11AM (#23031677)
Sorry. I thought that would make it clear.

The request is for a code point to represent the visible external link character, not for an invisible control-code to decorate some structured data (which cannot "appear" on paper).

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