>> I wonder how widely implemented this undocumented feature is?
>
> Most likely more widespread than you think.

I got the distinct impression that this is a Windows-specific 
convention. (Doesn't Linux do something strange with using environment 
variables to define the "system locale"?)

> As an alternative, forget UTF-8 and go for UTF-16.

Or that, I suppose.

This still leaves me with the problem of how to generate unusual 
characters in the first place. Typing → is pretty simple. Figuring 
out how to actually generate the arrow character is not.

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