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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41'>Ah. A key detail! I would not think that it would make sense to add this, as folks will be fatally confused by it. Same as putting slashes (back/forward) in filenames. Just Don’t Do It.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41'>Besides, any sane normalization would converge them anyway, right? And then people have a filename they can’t use even if they copy/paste!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Unicode <unicode-bounces@corp.unicode.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Alex Plantema via Unicode<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 10, 2024 12:20 PM<br><b>To:</b> unicode@corp.unicode.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Question mark<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Op ma 10-06-2024 om 18:05 schreef Phil Smith III via Unicode:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41'>How is a question mark “prohibited” by Windows? </span><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:#0A2F41'>ç</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41'>There’s one now, in Windows!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>It isn't allowed in file names because it serves as a wildcard. The same for the asterisk.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Alex.<o:p></o:p></pre></div></body></html>