Yes, it's completely safe on Linux and macOS and mostly safe on MSWindows. Just make sure that the characters are encoded in UTF-8. Web pages generally are, but other Windows applications use UTF-16 and pasting into GnuCash will not produce the desiredresult. Windows CMD and Powershell are pretty firmly stuck in the 1990s and unless you perform some special contortions encode non-ASCII characters using DOS code-pages. Don't try to paste from them into GnuCash.
GnuCash fully supports Unicode via UTF-8 and we have lots of users around the world who use a variety of writing systems. Regards, John Ralls > On Dec 19, 2022, at 5:47 PM, Dr. David Kirkby > <drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote: > > Due to the nature of my work, quite often when copying descriptions from > invoices I will have the Greek omega letter. If a description of a part > has “50 x” where x is the omega letter, I have tended to change it to “50 > ohm” on the assumption that the odd characters could cause problem(s). > > I am using the business features, so if I buy something off a Chinese > seller on eBay, it’s tempting to just copy and paste the text, despite it > is meaningless to me. > > > Dave > > -- > Dr. David Kirkby, > Kirkby Microwave Ltd, > drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk > https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ > Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 > > Registered in England & Wales, company number 08914892. > Registered office: > Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd, Althorne, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 6DT, United > Kingdom > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
