A Gemini-style proposal (specifically to the harm of using Unicode characters as if they were formatted ascii)

[indieterminacy at libre.brussels]

It infuriates me that the '£' character sits on so many keyboard
configurations. Somebody should create a use for it or it should be put
out of its misery - it takes up too much realestate.

DJ Chase <u9000@posteo.mx> writes:

> Others have already said what I would say about the rest of this thread,
> so I will skip that part.
>
> On Wed, 2021-11-03 at 12:41 +0200, babiak wrote:
>> > If Gemtext can ignore the original semantics of the asterisk, the 
>> > back-tick, the pound symbol, the equal symbol, and the greater-than 
>> > symbol — then why can't we also do the same with those mathematical 
>> > characters?
>> > 
>> 
>> I personally don't recall the pound symbol having any meaning in gemini, 
>> I'll have to look through the spec again. However!
>
> Charles is refering to '#', not '£'. '#' is called the 'pound
> {sign,symbol}' in the telephone system.