On Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:36:34 +0100
Ralph Corderoy <ra...@inputplus.co.uk> wrote:
> > \[u00E2]\[u0080]\[u0093]
> >
> > I'm not sure what that's supposed to be, but what I'd like to see is
> >
> > \[em]
>
> It's UTF-8 for U+2013, EN DASH, not M for Mike.
>
> $ printf '\xe2\x80\x93' | iconv -f utf-8 -t ucs-2be | hd
> 00000000 20 13 | .|
> 00000002
Much appreciated, Ralph. What I'm hoping to find, for some value of
$FOO, is
$ printf '\xe2\x80\x93' | $FOO -f utf-8
\[en]
I think it could be done, with perfect fidelity. I wonder if it has
been, or if anyone else would want such a thing.
--jkl
