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If the `ffi` group of characters is smushed together into one character, then why I can select each of them separately?
In the video Why You Can Tweet More In Japanese: What Counts As A Character?, the author says that:
Unicode has a single character for some English ligatures, like "ffi" - notice how the ...
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STILL no file paths longer than 260 characters in Win Explorer, in 2023? [duplicate]
When I try to create a subfolder in a folder whose file path is already cca 260 characters, I get this message:
The file name(s) would be too long for the destination folder. You can shorten the file ...
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Replace Filename before underscore_ using powershell
I need help with replacing file names before underscore with nothing.
Ex: ABC_123.xls and I want it to rename to 123.xls and CAB_234.xls to 234.xls.
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How can I enter special characters, like ∞ and ˚, in macOS?
I can't enter special characters, like ∞ and ˚, in macOS. How can I enter these characters in macOS?
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How do I type accented characters like ü and ö in macOS?
In macOS, I can't type characters like ü and ö. How to enter these characters in macOS?
Appreciate if someone can suggest me how to do this.
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How can i type ª in a 80% keyboad (without a numpad)
Is there a way that i can type the feminine ordinal indicator on a keyboard without a numpad?
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Unicode character is invisible on Windows but shows up on Linux
The character in question is the Braille Pattern Blank: "⠀"
On machines with Windows and even on my phone, this character is rendered as invisible (as seen here). This is helpful because it ...
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If a ligature/digraph has separate collation order, should it be considered different from constituent letters?
There are many digraphs and ligatures in common use like ß, w, ffi, st, æ, dž, ch etc.
Some of these are completely different from its constituents. For eg, search for u in a string containing w should ...
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How to find a character in a string using Powershell?
Using Contains to find a value using PowerShell is not working.
Full Story:
I have to get the PartNo, Ver, and Rev values from an SQL DB, and check if these values occur in the first line of the text ...
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password recovered in weird format
i have been trying for years to recover my old data from very old DS cards " MMC "
recently i found out it is possible to get to mmcstore file that stores the password in plaints text
all ...
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Shorten a text that is too long (with sed?)
I have the following example of a .csv-file
"0a","1a","Short text","abc"
"0b","1bx","Here is a very long text","def"
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Downloding files via SFTP on MobaXterm gets stuck when filenames are in Hebrew
When I try to download files whose names Hebrew characters, the download gets stuck and shows an error:
Error EInOutError: I/O error 123
How do I fix this? I don't want to use another FTP client, I ...
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How can I assign the vetical line to my HP EliteBook keyboard?
The keyboard of my new laptop is smaller than my last, with no number pad, meaning I'm having to find alternatives to ASCII codes for some of the special characters. One I can't seem to manage is the ...
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How to fix a broken character in a System Font - Windows 10
My System Font is broken! A character - backslash " \ " is displayed as W crossed with underscore in the middle of W! Look at this picture to see this character.
This is probably happening, ...
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MobaXterm ssh console not showing correct character in tree command
When in Linux SSH box, using MobaXterm, I enter tree command, the output is:
âââ jboss
âââ gc.log.0.current
âââ server.log
which should be:
└── jboss
├── gc.log.0.current
└── server.log
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