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Mention Unicode limitations.
author Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>
date Tue, 29 Apr 2003 13:35:52 +0000
parents 21f2e5586119
children f038a895a805
files etc/PROBLEMS
diffstat 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/etc/PROBLEMS	Tue Apr 29 05:36:19 2003 +0000
+++ b/etc/PROBLEMS	Tue Apr 29 13:35:52 2003 +0000
@@ -27,6 +27,19 @@
 mule-unicode-e000-ffff:-gnu-unifont-*-iso10646-1,\
 mule-unicode-0100-24ff:-gnu-unifont-*-iso10646-1
 
+* Encoding some characters as Unicode (UTF-8/16) is rejected by Emacs.
+
+Emacs currently, by default, only supports the parts of the BMP whose
+codepoints are in the ranges 0000-33ff and e000-ffff.  This excludes
+CJK, Yi, Music, and Maths.
+
+If you try to save a file containing characters with code points
+outside this range, Emacs will suggest other compatible coding
+systems.
+
+By turning Utf-Translate-Cjk mode on, many more CJK characters are
+included in the support.
+
 * Problems with file dialogs in Emacs built with Open Motif.
 
 When Emacs 21 is built with Open Motif 2.1, it can happen that the