On 26/08/2023 09:08, Haines Brown wrote:
The question is: if my system has access to a character in that it can be pasted, why cannot LaTeX do so as well.
Because TeX dates from before Unicode was even being discussed, and does not use the libraries for handling Unicode that the other software in your system does.
That's not to say it has not been modified to add at least partial support for Unicode (utf8 is even the default encoding since a couple years), but it's not the same as something built from the start to handle Unicode.
On the other hand, luatex and xetex are evolutions of tex that have a much more modern and native Unicode support. Use them instead of pdf(la)tex.
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