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The funny part is that to this day, many places still show ¥ instead of \ in Japanese locales, even with UTF-8. Starting with the Windows command line prompt.
by glandium 5y ago
The funny part is that to this day, many places still show ¥ instead of \ in Japanese locales, even with UTF-8. Starting with the Windows command line prompt.
And on the opposite side, in a terminal, on macOS, hitting the ¥ key inputs a \, but not in other applications (including vscode), where you need to use option+¥ for a \.
(BTW, I have no idea how to type ¥ in the terminal on macos with a Japanese keyboard)
- marcan_42 5y agoAnd conversely, because those users/developers see ¥, they think everyone else does too. I regularly get emails from Japanese shops with currency denominated in \.
- glandium 5y agoNow that you mention it, I receive those too.
- skhr0680 5y ago> (BTW, I have no idea how to type ¥ in the terminal on macos with a Japanese keyboard) fn+¥ works for me