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Add names for open-headed arrows
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Add the symbol representing a whitespace
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Add all control symbols in comment, without names
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Attempt at naming printable characters reprensenting control characters
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Group by common prefixes
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Add keyboard two symbols for space and delete
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Remove numbers in device control symbol names
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changename of visible space from space to spacebar
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First attempt at naming keyboard labels symbols
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Add variation selector text
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Remove sound, power, music and eject symbols from 'keyboard' submodule
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103 changes: 100 additions & 3 deletions CHANGELOG.md
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- Currency
- `riyal`: ⃁

- Keyboard labels
- `spacebar`: ␣

- Control (Printable symbols representing non-printable characters)
- `nul`: ␀
- `soh`: ␁
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- `del`: ␡
- `nl`: ␤

- Keyboard labels (in submodule `keyboard`)
- `linefeed`: ↴
- `home` ↸
- `home.alt` ⭶
- `home.corner` ⇱
- `home.phone` ⌂
- `end`: ⇲
- `end.alt`: ⭸
- `tab`: ↹
- `tab.alt`: ⭾
- `tab.alt.v`: ⭿
- `tab.l`: ⇤
- `tab.l.alt`: ⭰
- `tab.r`: ⇥
- `tab.r.alt`: ⭲
- `tab.t`: ⤒
- `tab.t.alt`: ⭱
- `tab.b`: ⤓
- `tab.b.alt`: ⭳
- `pageup`: ⇞
- `pagedown`: ⇟
- `shift`: ⇧
- `capslock`: ⇪
- `capslock.pedestal`: ⇫
- `capslock.pedestal.struck`: ⇬
- `capslock.struck`: ⮸
- `numlock`: ⇭
- `scroll`: ⇳
- `space`: ␣
- `del`: ␥
- `cmd`: ⌘
- `enter`: ⌤
- `enter.alt`: ⎆
- `option`: ⌥
- `erase.r`: ⌦
- `erase.l`: ⌫
- `clear`: ⌧
- `keyboard`: ⌨
- `keyboard.mouse`: 🖦
- `keyboard.wired`: 🖮
- `insert`: ⎀
- `underline.continuous`: ⎁
- `underline.discontinuous`: ⎂
- `emph`: ⎃
- `center`: ⎅
- `alt`: ⎇
- `control`: ⎈
- `break`: ⎊
- `esc`: ⎋
- `esc.alt`: ⮹
- `undo`: ⎌
- `decimalsep`: ⎖
- `prevpage`: ⎗
- `nextpage`: ⎘
- `printscreen`: ⎙
- `clearscreen`: ⎚
- `return`: ⏎
- `return.l`: ⮐
- `return.r`: ⮑
- `return.alt`: ↵
- `newline.l`: ⮒
- `newline.r`: ⮓
- `newline.alt`: ↵
- `eject`: ⏏
- `forward`: ⏵
- `forward.fast`: ⏩
- `backwards.fast`: ⏴
- `backwards`: ⏪
- `nexttrack`: ⏭
- `prevtrack`: ⏮
- `playpausetoggle`: ⏯
- `alarm`: ⏰
- `stopwatch`: ⏱
- `timer`: ⏲
- `hourglass`: ⏳
- `increase`: ⏶
- `decrease`: ⏷
- `pause`: ⏸
- `pause.alt`: ⎉
- `stop`: ⏹
- `record`: ⏺
- `shuffle`: 🔀
- `repeat`: 🔁
- `repeat`: 🔂
- `reload`: 🔃
- `reload`: 🔄
- `brightness.decrease`: 🔅
- `brightness.increase`: 🔆
- `speaker`: 🔈
- `speaker.mute`: 🔇
- `speaker.decrease`: 🔉
- `speaker.increase`: 🔊
- `power`: ⏻
- `power.on`: ⏽
- `power.off`: ⭘
- `power.on.off`: ⏼
- `power.sleep`: ⏾
- `pageup`: ⭻
- `pagedown`: ⭽

### New in `emoji`

- `bigfoot`: 🫈
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.circle.stroked ⧲
.circle.filled ⧳

// Keyboard labels.
spacebar ␣

gender {
female ♀\vs{text}
.double ⚢
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del ␡ // DELete
nl ␤ // New Line
}

// Characters commonly used as keyboards labels
keyboard {
linefeed ↴

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Is this symbol present on actual keyboards?

end ⇲
.alt ⭸
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Why is the default for this one not the same as for home?

tab ↹
.alt ⭾
.alt.v ⭿
.l ⇤
.l.alt ⭰
.r ⇥
.r.alt ⭲
.t ⤒
.t.alt ⭱
.b ⤓
.b.alt ⭳
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Do you have evidence for any variant other than tab and tab.alt being used in practice?

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My Apple keyboard has U+21E5 on it.

pageup ⇞
pagedown ⇟
shift ⇧
capslock ⇪
.pedestal ⇫
.pedestal.struck ⇬
.struck ⮸
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numlock ⇭

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Do you have evidence of this symbol being used on actual contemporary keyboards? I personally don't associate any symbol with the Num Lock key.

scroll ⇳

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Is this a real keyboard key?

space ␣

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Is this even present on actual keyboards? I feel like most keyboards simply do not have any symbol on the space bar.

del ␥

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Do you have evidence of contemporary real world keyboards that use this symbols?

erase
.r ⌦

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Is this present on any real world keyboard?

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Mine uses a filled version of U+2326 with a white cross for delete, next to "delete" written out on the key.

.l ⌫
cmd ⌘
enter ⌤
.alt ⎆
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I don't think most people associate the Enter key with any of those symbols.

option ⌥
clear ⌧

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Is this a real key on contemporary keyboards?

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My Apple keyboard has it (U+2327, tho the X slightly pokes out). But I have no clue what it was meant to represent, since I'm using this keyboard on Linux, where it maps to num lock.

keyboard ⌨\vs{text}
.mouse 🖦
.wired 🖮
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I don't think this fits in a submodule dedicated to keyboard key symbols.

insert ⎀
underline
.continuous ⎁
.discontinuous ⎂
emph ⎃
center ⎅
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Do you have evidence of contemporary keyboards that have dedicated keys for those functions?

alt ⎇

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Do you have evidence of contemporary keyboards that use this symbol?

control ⎈

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Do you have evidence of contemporary keyboards that use this symbol?

break ⎊

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What key is that?

esc ⎋
.alt ⮹
undo ⎌

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decimalsep ⎖

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What key is that?

prevpage ⎗
nextpage ⎘
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This feels redundant with pageup and pagedown.

printscreen ⎙
clearscreen ⎚
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Are those symbols used on any real world contemporary keyboard?

return ⏎
.alt ↵
.l ⮐
.r ⮑
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I think those can be excluded for now.

newline
.alt ↵
.l ⮒
.r ⮓
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Is there any contemporary keyboard that has a separate key for newline that is not just the Enter key?

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I sometimes find keyboards with a key for 'Enter' and a key for 'Return' (e.g. this one) often when the keyboard has a numeric pad.
Although I think I never saw the symbols described in the unicode chart as 'Enter' as an enter key.

I propose to keep either ('enter' and 'return') or ('newline' and 'return') or keep only one name, in which case I would favor 'enter', tell me what you think.
Plus, would you rather keep all these symbols but merge them under a single name or remove some symbols ?

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