Aw: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: External Link Symbol

[Asmus Freytag]

The first and last choice are arguably not the most conventional 
representations for these. They are, at best, fallbacks.

A./

On 4/12/2024 12:31 AM, Marius Spix via Unicode wrote:
> For all these types of links existing characters can be used:
> anchor links: U+00B6 ¶ PILCROW SIGN
> local links: U+1F517 🔗 LINK SYMBOL
> broken links (also known as red-links): U+26D3 U+200D U+1F4A5 CHAINS 
> + ‍ZERO WIDTH JOINER + COLLISION SYMBOL
> external links: U+2192 → RIGHTWARDS ARROW
> *Gesendet:* Donnerstag, 11. April 2024 um 21:05 Uhr
> *Von:* "Asmus Freytag via Unicode" <unicode at corp.unicode.org>
> *An:* "Tom Moore" <tom.moore at microsoft.com>, "Sławomir Osipiuk" 
> <sosipiuk at gmail.com>, "Asmus Freytag via Unicode" 
> <unicode at corp.unicode.org>
> *Betreff:* Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: External Link Symbol
> On 4/11/2024 11:47 AM, Tom Moore wrote:
> > Then multiply that by 2, for links that navigate current tab vs. 
> request to open a new tab.
>
> Is there a link to samples for all of these as used in practice, or is
> this just a theoretical distinction?
>
> A./
>
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Unicode <unicode-bounces at corp.unicode.org> On Behalf Of 
> Slawomir Osipiuk via Unicode
> > Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2024 9:28 AM
> > To: asmusf <asmusf at ix.netcom.com>; Asmus Freytag via Unicode 
> <unicode at corp.unicode.org>
> > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: External Link Symbol
> >
> > There are actually three kinds of links that are distinguishable 
> from each
> > other:
> >
> > - A link to a different location in the current document (anchor 
> link/jump
> > link)
> > - A link to a resource on the same network/domain as the current 
> document (local link/relative link)
> > - A link to a resource on a different network (external link)
> >
> > All those can appear as symbols, used contrastively, within a run of 
> text.
> > I'm very surprised these haven't already been encoded and that there 
> is any controversy. The consortium doesn't care much for precendent, 
> but come on, we have "play"and "eject" symbols encoded!
>
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