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diff --git a/src/blog/extend/index.gsp b/src/blog/extend/index.gsp index c0bf478..069f255 100644 --- a/src/blog/extend/index.gsp +++ b/src/blog/extend/index.gsp @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ html lang="en" { } figure { - figcaption {-Kitty’s unicode input screen} + figcaption {-Kitty’s Unicode input screen} img alt="Kitty’s Unicode Input" src="unicode.jpg" @@ -86,24 +86,24 @@ html lang="en" { Some of you have surely already figured out what my issue is with what Kitty has done here, and why I think this is shitty software design. For those that haven’t, allow me to ask you a question: - @em{-what would be better than unicode input in your terminal?} + @em{-what would be better than Unicode input in your terminal?} } p {- - The answer is simple: @em{-unicode input everywhere.} + The answer is simple: @em{-Unicode input everywhere.} } p {- - Why should you be limited to unicode input in your terminal? What if + Why should you be limited to Unicode input in your terminal? What if you’re texting your friend or sending an email, and want to include a - unicode symbol such as ‘™’, or want to properly refer to a site you + Unicode symbol such as ‘™’, or want to properly refer to a site you visited such as Ta’ Ħaġrat? Perhaps you even have a friend whose surname is Mäkelä. Or maybe — you just want to send your friends a middle-finger emoji sometimes. } p {- - Wouldn’t it be nice if you had a @em{-global} menu for unicode input? + Wouldn’t it be nice if you had a @em{-global} menu for Unicode input? Well turns out it’s actually really damn easy to do yourself, and renders all that Kitty code absolutely useless. } @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ html lang="en" { h2 #scripting {-Writing the Script} p {- The first thing you’re probably going to need if you want to have your - own unicode-input tool is a list of all the unicode characters out + own Unicode-input tool is a list of all the Unicode characters out there. Luckily for you, I already went through the hell that is the @a href="https://unicode.org" {-Unicode website} to find it for you. } @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ html lang="en" { } p {- - After processing, your unicode data file should look something like + After processing, your Unicode data file should look something like this: } @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ html lang="en" { aside { p {- - You know how I inserted that sample of my unicode data file you see + You know how I inserted that sample of my Unicode data file you see right above this? By using a small- and simple command-line tool in the form of @code{-head} to grab the first 10 lines of the file, and then using another small- and simple command-line tool in the form of @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ html lang="en" { p {- Now that you have your data file, we can begin scripting. The first - thing we want is to get all of the names of the unicode characters. + thing we want is to get all of the names of the Unicode characters. Turns out that is a very easy task thanks to the @code{-cut} utility. We can split each line on a semicolon and extract the second field with a simple command, and then we can compose it together with @code{-dmenu} @@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ html lang="en" { p {- We have the users selection now, the @code{-$name} variable holds the - name of the unicode character that the user selected. All that we need - now is to actually get the unicode @em{-character} of our choosing. + name of the Unicode character that the user selected. All that we need + now is to actually get the Unicode @em{-character} of our choosing. Luckily this is @em{-also} incredibly easy thanks to composition: } @@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ html lang="en" { p {- Congratulations! That entire script, which can be easily condensed down into only 2 lines of code is all you need to create a graphical - interface that allows you to pick a unicode character, and then copies + interface that allows you to pick a Unicode character, and then copies your selection to your clipboard — and it was all done by taking simple tools and combining them to make a greater application. } |