why does the Kate editor NOT display these characters?

[Tyler]

It depends on the font and encoding actually, not the Kate editor itself.  So you may need to check if you have installed required fonts on your system. Make sure your file is using UTF-8 encoding. I am using Hack font which you can download and install here: https://sourcefoundry.org/hack/ and you can configure your Kate editor to use Hack font.

Here the screenshot to demonstrates:



Have a happy holiday,

Tyler

Dec 10, 2022, 6:33 PM by origineering at gmail.com:

>
> i have switched to Kate from Notepad++ for several reasons, but found something about Kate that really irks me,
> it can't display these characters:
>
>     ᐞ> ፡> ᗑᗐᐱᐯᐃᐁ> ።> ᐤ> ᐝ> ፨> ᔓ> ᕒ> ᕑ> ᠅> ᖰᖱ ᖲᖳ> ᨖᱰ> ᗏᗌᗉᗆᗧᗤᐗᐓᐘ ᐒᕮᕭᕳᕲ> ᯽᙮ᕁᘁᑊᐪᐡᐨᐩᑋᓑᔿ᙭⫾⫿ᐂᐄᙁᙀᙉ ᙈᐲᐄ ꠩꠫
>
> that show up just fine in Notepad++
>
> They are all utterly invisible in Kate.
>
> why?
> i mean seriously, WHY?!????
>
> i can see these in my email, they show up in any text message on my phone, they show up in my web browser, i can even use these characters in a google search on any device, and yet they are utterly invisible in Kate.
>
> any response would be much appreciated.
> thanks,
>   ~marc forward
>
>
>

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