Template:Unicode navigation

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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.

Starting visibility: currently automatically selects itself to wikt:collapsed

To set this template's starting visibility, the |state= parameter may be used:

• |state=collapsed: {{Unicode navigation|state=collapsed}} to show the template collapsed, i.e., hidden apart from its title bar
• |state=expanded: {{Unicode navigation|state=expanded}} to show the template expanded, i.e., fully visible
• |state=autocollapse: {{Unicode navigation|state=autocollapse}}
  • shows the template collapsed to the title bar if there is a {{navbar}}, a {{sidebar}}, or some other table on the page with the collapsible attribute
  • shows the template in its expanded state if there are no other collapsible items on the page

If the |state= parameter in the template on this page is not set, the template's starting visibility is taken from the |default= parameter in the Collapsible option template. For the template on this page, that currently evaluates to collapsed.

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

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