Re: [PATCH 2/2] Allow check-mark to be changed for CLI

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Kévin Le Gouguec <legouguec@adacore.com>
> Cc: Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>,  gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 17:00:31 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> >> From: Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
> >> >> Date: Fri, 09 May 2025 14:18:51 -0600
> >> >> Cc: Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
> >> >> 
> >> >> +/* Emoji check-mark.  */
> >> >> +static std::string check_mark = "✓";
> >> 
> >> Eli> Btw, if this is related to emoji display, shouldn't the default be
> >> Eli> U+2713 followed by U+FE0F VARIATION SELECTOR-16, to show the "emoji
> >> Eli> presentation" of the CHECK MARK character, if the terminal supports
> >> Eli> that?  Or do too few terminals have such support?
> >> 
> >> I tried this but this combination doesn't seem to change the display.
> >
> > I think this might depend on the terminal.  E.g., the display in Emacs
> > does change, at least here and with fonts I'm using for Emoji.
> 
> In this specific example, could it just be that U+2713 CHECK MARK has no
> emoji presentation, or am I reading emoji-data.txt wrong?
> 
> >From my emacs.git copy:
> 
>     # ================================================
> 
>     # All omitted code points have Emoji=No
> 
>     […]
>     2705          ; Emoji                # E0.6   [1] (✅)       check mark button
>     2708..270C    ; Emoji                # E0.6   [5] (✈️..✌️)    airplane..victory hand
>     270D          ; Emoji                # E0.7   [1] (✍️)       writing hand
>     270F          ; Emoji                # E0.6   [1] (✏️)       pencil
>     2712          ; Emoji                # E0.6   [1] (✒️)       black nib
>     2714          ; Emoji                # E0.6   [1] (✔️)       check mark
>     […]
> 
>     # ================================================
> 
>     # All omitted code points have Emoji_Presentation=No
> 
>     […]
>     2705          ; Emoji_Presentation   # E0.6   [1] (✅)       check mark button
>     270A..270B    ; Emoji_Presentation   # E0.6   [2] (✊..✋)    raised fist..raised hand
>     2728          ; Emoji_Presentation   # E0.6   [1] (✨)       sparkles
> 
> Notably absent: 2713?  So 2714 does vary with (✔️) & without (✔) VS-16,
> but not 2713?

All I know is that the display in Emacs does change, as I said.