Re: lynx doesn't render β as β

On Wed, 17 Jun 2026, arthurpeabody wrote:

>I'm glad to hear that only I have the problem.   What is your lynx's
>character set? Your console font?

The character set is UTF-8 of course (otherwise I could not have
a distinct beta versus eszett); the font does not matter, because
it=E2=80=99s the encoding that is relevant.

>I notice your szlig differs from your beta; perhaps you are German or
>something like that. I think all the fonts I have double them up.

If the eMail I wrote has them different for you, then no, your
fonts don=E2=80=99t =E2=80=9Cdouble them up=E2=80=9D because your mail clie=
nt used your
fonts to render them. You=E2=80=99ve just been using the wrong codepoints
all the time if they looked the same for you.

You=E2=80=99ll need distinct glyphs for at least=E2=80=A6

U+03B2 =CE=B2  GREEK SMALL LETTER BETA;Ll;0;L;;;;;N;;;0392;;0392
U+00DF =C3=9F  LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S;Ll;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;

=E2=80=A6 and ideally (though that=E2=80=99s new enough I=E2=80=99ll forgiv=
e your fonts
for not having it)=E2=80=A6

U+1E9E =E1=BA=9E  LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SHARP S;Lu;0;L;;;;;N;;;;00DF;

where U+03B2 is the lower-case pendant to U+0392 (Beta)
and U+00DF the =E2=80=9Ceszett=E2=80=9D. But even if the glyphs were not
distinct, the semantics differ.

bye,
//mirabilos
--=20
<igli> exceptions: a truly awful implementation of quite a nice idea.
<igli> just about the worst way you could do something like that, afaic.
<igli> it's like anti-design.  <mirabilos> that too=E2=80=A6 may I quote yo=
u on that?
<igli> sure, tho i doubt anyone will listen ;)