Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators

On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:04:46 -0700, Keith Thompson wrote:

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:

>
On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 12:46:55 -0700, Keith Thompson wrote:

>
A problem with using non-ASCII Unicode characters as operator names is
that they can be difficult to type -- and the way you type them is
inconsistent across systems.

>
The best way is the Compose key available on *nix systems. This is the
closest to a mnemonic-based system that reduces the burden on your
memory.
>
<https://wiki.wlug.org.nz/ComposeKey>

 
There is no "Compose" key on the keyboard I'm using to type this.

Remember, you can assign your own keys on *nix GUIs.

I use Caps Lock for this purpose.

People who use non-English languages typically have keyboards with
accented letters and so forth.

As I have mentioned before, the idea that only “non-English languages”
needs such symbols demonstrates a certain ... naïveté.

Lawrence
living near a district named Waipā, down the road from Tāmaki Makaurau
recently bought a product from overseas priced in £
has published software subject to ©