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  <RefEntryTitle>dingbat</RefEntryTitle>
  <RefMiscInfo Role="file">dblib.dsl</RefMiscInfo>
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<RefNameDiv>
  <RefName>dingbat</RefName>
  <RefPurpose>Map dingbat names to Unicode characters</RefPurpose>
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<RefSynopsisDiv><Title>Synopsis</Title>
<Synopsis>
(dingbat usrname)
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<RefSect1><Title>Description</Title>

<para>
Map a dingbat name to the appropriate Unicode character.</para>


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<RefSect1><Title>Author</Title>

<para>
Norman Walsh, &lt;ndw@nwalsh.com&gt;
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<RefSect1><Title>Source Code</Title>

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(define (dingbat usrname)
  ;; Map dingbat names to Unicode characters
  ;; Print dingbats and other characters selected by name
  (let ((name (case-fold-down usrname)))
    (case name
      ;; For backward compatibility
      (("box") 			"\white-square;")
      (("checkbox")		"\white-square;")
      ;; \check-mark prints the wrong symbol (in Jade 0.8 RTF backend)
      (("check")		"\heavy-check-mark;") 
      (("checkedbox")		"\ballot-box-with-check;")
      (("dash")			"\em-dash;")
      (("copyright")		"\copyright-sign")

      ;; Straight out of Unicode
      (("lsquo")		"\U-2018;")
      (("rsquo")		"\U-2019;")
      (("ldquo")		"\U-201C;")
      (("rdquo")		"\U-201D;")
      (("en-dash")		"\en-dash;")
      (("em-dash")		"\em-dash;")
      (("en-space")		"\U-2002;")
      (("em-space")		"\U-2003;")
      (("bullet")		"\bullet;")
      (("black-square")		"\black-square;")
      (("white-square")		"\white-square;")
      ;; \ballot-box name doesn't work (in Jade 0.8 RTF backend)
      ;; and \white-square looks better than \U-2610; anyway
      (("ballot-box")		"\white-square;")
      (("ballot-box-with-check")	"\ballot-box-with-check;")
      (("ballot-box-with-x")	"\ballot-box-with-x;")
      ;; \check-mark prints the wrong symbol (in Jade 0.8 RTF backend)
      (("check-mark")		"\heavy-check-mark;") 
      ;; \ballot-x prints out the wrong symbol (in Jade 0.8 RTF backend)
      (("ballot-x")		"\heavy-check-mark;")
      (("copyright-sign")	"\copyright-sign;")
      (("registered-sign")	"\registered-sign;")
      (else "\bullet;"))))
</ProgramListing>
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