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Is there a text editor/notes app that adds Unicode symbols? (feddit.de)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For example, there is Material Notes which has a editor toolbar with bold, indented, ~~stroke~~, etc. But this is rendered, exported to json or syntax like Markdown. This app too, in which i write this on lemmy, does the same. We have ☐, ☒, •, ‣ in Unicode, 𝗕𝗼𝗹𝗱, 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡, s̵t̵r̵o̵k̵e̵, so why not use this?

Basically, what i'm looking for is a text editor with toolbar/keystrokes for Android or Linux, which adds unicode symbols for rich text. It would make reading plain text notes/todo lists cross-device simpler. Yes, there's UnicodePad and Charmap but that's not the same.

edit: something where you mark a word, tap the B in the toolbar or press ctrl+b and it replaces the characters with uc bold characters, no? Tap the list button and it adds uc bullet points, etc...

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I doubt toolbars in a rich text editor specifically for Unicode symbols would be a thing, because...why?

There's definitely VScode extensions that would show the glyphs or convert the actual unicode hex to whatever it should be.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I mean with rich text, text with bold, indent, etc., not a specific markup. On the contrary, i want to replace markup with native Unicode symbols.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You probably want a code editor then.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

~~No.~~

Ah, you meant implement it myself? Well, maybe in a few years, i have a gazilion other things to work on.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

No, like VScode or similar. That's probably where you're going to find a feature like this.