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Re: Disable UTF8-escaping diacritics

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From: Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Avid Seeker <avidseeker7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "zsh-workers@xxxxxxx" <zsh-workers@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Disable UTF8-escaping diacritics
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 01:16:08 +0100
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On 2/20/24, Avid Seeker <avidseeker7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Currently, it is not possible to input Arabic Diacritics in a zsh prompt.
>
> E.g: pasting this in zsh:
>
> $ echo السَّلامُ
>
> Results in
>
> $ echo الس<0651><064e>لام<064f>
>
> While this is often desirable when dealing with some Unicode characters,
> especially when dealing with hidden characters like ZWNJ, it is not
> helpful when inputting Arabic text.
>
> See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_diacritics for the Unicode
> entries
> and more examples.

Try with setopt COMBINING_CHARS, but arabic is never going to look
very readable in a cell-based system like a terminal.

-- 
Mikael Magnusson

References:
- Disable UTF8-escaping diacritics
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