Unicode / UTF-8 Icons / Glyphs in Gemtext

It took me a while to figure out how some Gemini capsules had so many icons around, but I finally got it.

For the uninitiated like me, the easiest way is to copy/paste a unicode character into your Gemlog, but since I was doing this via SSH, I had to remember how to paste into my terminal (Ctrl + Shift + V).

Additionally, if you're using vim, you can use the codes. Here's a page that describes how to do that:

Basically - you can use Ctrl + V in Insert Mode, and then:

• u then 4 digit hex
• or U then 8 digit hex

Example of how to repeat 20 unicode characters in Vim:

<Esc>20i<C-v>u25B7<ESC>

Explanation:

• <ESC> to Normal mode
• 20 is how many times you want to repeat
• i for insert mode
• Ctrl+v for unicode insert
• "u" to specify 4 digit hex code will be typed
• Type the unicode hex
• <ESC> to normal

List of Unicode icons, with codes:

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