Questions tagged [character-set]

Refers to text input character sets such as Unicode or ASCII.

What Questions Should Have This Tag?:

Questions include:

  • Questions about the character sets in Ubuntu, using them, installing them, etc.

Basic Definitions:

Character Encoding - In computing, a character encoding is used to represent a repertoire of characters by some kind of an encoding system.


Brief Introduction To The Subject:

In computer science, the terms "character encoding", "character map", "character set" and "code page" were historically synonymous, as the same standard would specify a repertoire of characters and how they were to be encoded into a stream of code units – usually with a single character per code unit. The terms now have related but distinct meanings, reflecting the efforts of standards bodies to use precise terminology when writing about and unifying many different encoding systems. Regardless, the terms are still used interchangeably, with character set being nearly ubiquitous.


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What is the "Character Map" application used for?

Ubuntu comes pre-installed with an application called "Character Map". In the terminal, it can be launched as "charmap". What is this application typically used for? What function does it provide people that Ubuntu sees as so necessary as to include…
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How do I check the character set used by ubuntu and probably change it

As the subject says, I am curious to know what character-set is used by Ubuntu, is it ASCII or something else like utf-8/utf-16 etc. And if possible how can i change the default character set.
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How to use old character sets

I use Ubuntu Studio 20.04.2 LTS. I wonder if there is a way to use, with some today app like LibreOffice, old codepage characters set, like the old Atari ST character set: And the old 437 character set. How?
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How to write umlaut and other non a-z characters in xfig

Using ubuntu 17.10, how can I write umlaut and other non a-z characters, like ö, in xfig?