[pmwiki-users] How to get a special character - a black triangle
Patrick R. Michaud
pmichaud at pobox.com
Mon Jan 5 10:31:26 CST 2009
On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 03:22:38AM -0600, Randy Brown wrote:
> How do I make a black down-pointing triangle appear?
>
> I know how to get a checkmark: I just put in my config.php:
> $FmtPV['$Checkmark'] = "'✓'";
>
> and then use this markup: {$Checkmark}
>
> Apparently I can't just substitute the hex unicode (0X25BC) to get the
> triangle.
Why not just put ✓ directly in the markup?
(Granted, {$Checkmark} might read a little better.)
Using the hex code works in markup also, but requires a
leading 'x': ▼
(Both the &#nnnn; and &#xnnnn; markups come directly from the HTML
equivalents.)
Pm
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