There is no such thing as an "astral character" in Unicode or 10646.
But someone did suggest that as a name for non-BMP characters before
one settled on the term "supplementary character".
/kent k
> -----Original Message-----
> From: unicode-bounce@unicode.org [mailto:unicode-bounce@unicode.org]On
> Behalf Of Rick Cameron
> Sent: den 18 december 2001 16:01
> To: Unicode List
> Subject: RE: Plane One use, was Re: HTML Validation
>
>
> Pardon my ignorance, but what is an astral character? I can't find a
> definition on the Unicode site, and Google mostly comes up
> with hits that
> seem to have to do with Tarot! (Does this confirm the
> long-held suspicion
> that Macs run on magic? ;^)
>
> Thanks!
>
> - rick cameron
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John H. Jenkins [mailto:jenkins@apple.com]
> Sent: Monday, 17 December 2001 7:49
> To: Unicode List
> Subject: Re: Plane One use, was Re: HTML Validation
>
>
>
> Any Cocoa- or ATSUI-based application on Mac OS X will also work with
> astral characters, including the mail client and text-editing
> program that
> come with the OS.
>
> ==========
> John H. Jenkins
> jenkins@apple.com
> jenkins@mac.com
> http://homepage.mac.com/jenkins/
>
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