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doc:emojis_and_special_characters [2026/04/02 07:46] – [Other syntax] Simon Grantdoc:emojis_and_special_characters [2026/04/20 12:31] (current) – [DokuWiki syntax] Simon Grant
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 You can use the keyboard characters to produce emojis, as appear when you use the toolbar; and there is no need to use the toolbar once you know the character sequence. The standard DokuWiki ones are given in the [syntax documentation](wiki:syntax#text_conversions): please see there for the list, both of emoticons and some obvious arrow characters.  You can use the keyboard characters to produce emojis, as appear when you use the toolbar; and there is no need to use the toolbar once you know the character sequence. The standard DokuWiki ones are given in the [syntax documentation](wiki:syntax#text_conversions): please see there for the list, both of emoticons and some obvious arrow characters. 
  
-For example, for an ordinary right-pointing arrow, typing `->` gives ->, etc. You can also get this character from the 'Special Chars' menu →, or just directly if you know how to put it in from your device: →. There is no difference in the end result.+For example, for an ordinary right-pointing arrow, typing `->` gives ->, etc. You can also get this character from the 'Special Chars' menu →, or just directly if you know how to put it in from your device: →. There is no difference in the end result. This `--` gives an en-dash (--); `---` gives an em-dash (---).
  
 By the way, if you need something that isn't there, if it's a reasonable request, we can configure our DokuWiki to recognise another character string to give an unusual UTF-8 character, or a small graphic. By the way, if you need something that isn't there, if it's a reasonable request, we can configure our DokuWiki to recognise another character string to give an unusual UTF-8 character, or a small graphic.
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 All these work in HTML, MediaWiki, and some versions of Markdown, but not here. So either use the toolbar, or your own way of entering unicode characters directly. All these work in HTML, MediaWiki, and some versions of Markdown, but not here. So either use the toolbar, or your own way of entering unicode characters directly.
  
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