Template:Unicode navigation/doc

Usage

• The box is aimed at Unicode-related pages. Guidelines do recommend not to create a box with numerous entries, like with names of 165 Unicode-blocks.

Note to editors on how to manage collapsibility:

• Use {{Unicode navigation|state=collapsed}} to show this template in its collapsed (hidden) state.
• Use {{Unicode navigation|state=expanded}} to show this template in its expanded (fully visible) state.
• Use {{Unicode navigation|state=autocollapse}} to show this template in its collapsed (hidden) state only if there is another template of the same type on the page. (This is usually the default.)

Unicode terms used

• A block in Unicode is a named, single continuous group of code points, e.g. Miscellaneous Symbols Unicode block with range U+2600–26FF. Each character is in one block. A block can include non/assigned code points, non/character codepoints etcetera.
• A script is related to speech (like the alphabet), symbols are related to their meaning (like chess-symbols). Symbols also include controls and Unicode-specials like Byte order mark(BOM). All defined Unicode characters are either in a script or a symbol.
• Charts are examples of glyphs, i.e. a rendered character (the "A" you read)
• Due to legacy character sets like ASCII, and due to intended usage of Unicode, multiple issues arise from pairs of characters with an overlapping meaning etc.
• Special characters have a Unicode-defined behavior.
• Miscellaneous lists are lists of characters that are not in one block. Cultural symbols like religious crosses are in different blocks.

Unicode version

• Scripts: Unicode as of version 5.2; Batak, Brāhmī, Mandaic: added as per version 6.0

See also

• {{Unicode navigation/colors}} -- Wikipedia standard derived background colors