The reason, frankly, is I don't know my PUAs from my UTFs from my SATs. I
just wanted something pretty, so I POOMA this thing, which looked ok on a
couple of setups. If you are knowledgeable about this, feel free to change
and thanks very much in advance.

João Távora

On Fri, Mar 28, 2025, 11:20 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

> > Cc: 77328@debbugs.gnu.org,
> >  João Távora <joaotavora@gmail.com>
> > From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
> > Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 11:01:05 +0100
> >
> > >>>>> On Fri, 28 Mar 2025 07:07:08 +0100, Gerd Möllmann <
> gerd.moellmann@gmail.com> said:
> >
> >     Gerd> which is a character in a "private use area". I guess that
> could
> >     Gerd> indicate that the use of this character is maybe not
> intentional.
> >
> >     Gerd> (In my setting, macOS/iTerm2 terminal, JetBrains MONO font,
> running
> >     Gerd> emacs -nw, char-displayable-p returns t for #xf400, and it is
> displayed
> >     Gerd> as a question mark in a box, which is otherwise used for
> characters with
> >     Gerd> no defined meaning.)
> >
> > I have a similar setup, but use "CaskaydiaMono Nerd Font Mono" for
> > non-ASCII, and it displays as what looks like a lightbulb. Perhaps we
> > should use U+1F4A1 ELECTRIC LIGHT BULB instead.
>
> João, what is the reason for using a PUA character there?  This was
> added recently, so I guess the motivation is still available
> somewhere?
>