Details
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Improvement
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Resolution: Unresolved
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Major
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None
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5.3-rc-1
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None
Description
I would imagine something like:
char:&entity_name; char:&#entity_number;
I would use it to specify things like
[[char:—]]
to achieve '—', instead of writing
{{html}}—{{/html}}
Other popular entities:
- Space
- Ampersand &
& &
- Arrow ▾
▾
- Section §
§ §
- Euro €
€ €
- Registered ®
® ®
- etc.
Character entity references are used normally for typographic use cases or instead of using an image replacement.
See more entities:
http://www.w3.org/wiki/Common_HTML_entities_used_for_typography
http://www.alanwood.net/demos/ent4_frame.html
http://www.unicode.org/charts/