More characters!

[strangerstill]

It's not too tricky - really!

What I'm typing into the 'Your Reply' box is literally "π ∞ √"

By the magic of HTML that then gets converted by your own browser into "π & √"

(oh, in case you're wondering, the way I got "π" not to turn into "π" is to cheat, by typing in "π" instead - "&" gives an ampersand "&" character.)

As for character map - I'm using the Windows XP character map, searching for the right characters (in 'advanced' view) then copying into the 'Your Reply' box. I'm using Mozilla - perhaps your browser doesn't support Unicode properly?

[Theophylact]

Well, I've used Win98's character map, I'm using (at the moment) IE 5.0, and whether I type &pi or "&pi" I get exactly what you see.

[Theophylact]

Hmmm. In Mozilla, it displays okay when I use the "&amp" method; but when I use the character map, I still get "p֥" for "pi infinity root". Weird.

[strangerstill]

I see a 'pi' symbol. What do you see?

[strangerstill]

Yeah... unfortunately, neither Win98 or IE 5 are particularly good with Unicode. I'm guessing Moz is having trouble getting Unicode from the clipboard - and IE 5 just can't manage Unicode at all!

[Theophylact]

I get the "ampersand" character, followed (without spaces) by the letters "p" and "i". IE 5.0 may well not support Unicode properly.

[Theophylact]

I've now replaced IE5.0 with IE6.0. It displays correctly π∞√

[Theophylact]

strangerstill,

D'oh. I've finally understood what the Unicode reference was trying to tell me: that all the keystrokes -- the "&", the "#", the number, and the ";" were necessary to create the character.

Some of us are slow learners.