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[Tip] A filespec that will show you file names with any unusual characters   [Help!]

By: Laurent Duchastel     Montréal, Québec  
Date: Mar 02,2016 at 22:54
In Response to: [Tip] A filespec that will show you file names with any unusual characters (Darren)

> > > First one is character 126, but what about the other ?
> > > What is the reference character set ?
> >
> > FF5E ?
> > Unicode
>
> That's right, its a Fullwidth Tilde, and you can see it in many Asian
> fonts, like Microsoft Tai Le or YaHei.
>
> After searching online just now, I highest one I could find is at
> U+FFFD, so for a more complete filespec you could use "HiChar:
> *◄~-�►*.*". Cool, a diamond question mark! It doesn't have the
> nice symmetry of my original one, but I may use this new one instead,
> lol.

Filename with such characters are displayed ok in Windows File Explorer, but unfortunately, not (yet) with ZTree. :-(

Using these exotic characters might be useful nevertheless in ZTree, for instance to temporarily replace part of filename strings while performing successive and complex search/replace operations and/or while performing a macro.


Laurent Duchastel

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