beta 2011.02.18 17:17

1 files changed, 199 insertions, 182 deletions

diff --git a/tex/context/base/char-ini.lua b/tex/context/base/char-ini.lua
index 6b6900ecd..bb7cce997 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/char-ini.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/char-ini.lua
@@ -127,188 +127,190 @@ end )
 
 --~ setmetatable(data,{ __index = function(t,k) return "" end }) -- quite old, obsolete
 
-characters.blocks = allocate {
-    ["aegeannumbers"]                        = { 0x10100, 0x1013F, "Aegean Numbers" },
-    ["alphabeticpresentationforms"]          = { 0x0FB00, 0x0FB4F, "Alphabetic Presentation Forms" },
-    ["ancientgreekmusicalnotation"]          = { 0x1D200, 0x1D24F, "Ancient Greek Musical Notation" },
-    ["ancientgreeknumbers"]                  = { 0x10140, 0x1018F, "Ancient Greek Numbers" },
-    ["ancientsymbols"]                       = { 0x10190, 0x101CF, "Ancient Symbols" },
-    ["arabic"]                               = { 0x00600, 0x006FF, "Arabic" },
-    ["arabicpresentationformsa"]             = { 0x0FB50, 0x0FDFF, "Arabic Presentation Forms-A" },
-    ["arabicpresentationformsb"]             = { 0x0FE70, 0x0FEFF, "Arabic Presentation Forms-B" },
-    ["arabicsupplement"]                     = { 0x00750, 0x0077F, "Arabic Supplement" },
-    ["armenian"]                             = { 0x00530, 0x0058F, "Armenian" },
-    ["arrows"]                               = { 0x02190, 0x021FF, "Arrows" },
-    ["balinese"]                             = { 0x01B00, 0x01B7F, "Balinese" },
-    ["basiclatin"]                           = { 0x00000, 0x0007F, "Basic Latin" },
-    ["bengali"]                              = { 0x00980, 0x009FF, "Bengali" },
-    ["blockelements"]                        = { 0x02580, 0x0259F, "Block Elements" },
-    ["bopomofo"]                             = { 0x03100, 0x0312F, "Bopomofo" },
-    ["bopomofoextended"]                     = { 0x031A0, 0x031BF, "Bopomofo Extended" },
-    ["boxdrawing"]                           = { 0x02500, 0x0257F, "Box Drawing" },
-    ["braillepatterns"]                      = { 0x02800, 0x028FF, "Braille Patterns" },
-    ["buginese"]                             = { 0x01A00, 0x01A1F, "Buginese" },
-    ["buhid"]                                = { 0x01740, 0x0175F, "Buhid" },
-    ["byzantinemusicalsymbols"]              = { 0x1D000, 0x1D0FF, "Byzantine Musical Symbols" },
-    ["carian"]                               = { 0x102A0, 0x102DF, "Carian" },
-    ["cham"]                                 = { 0x0AA00, 0x0AA5F, "Cham" },
-    ["cherokee"]                             = { 0x013A0, 0x013FF, "Cherokee" },
-    ["cjkcompatibility"]                     = { 0x03300, 0x033FF, "CJK Compatibility" },
-    ["cjkcompatibilityforms"]                = { 0x0FE30, 0x0FE4F, "CJK Compatibility Forms" },
-    ["cjkcompatibilityideographs"]           = { 0x0F900, 0x0FAFF, "CJK Compatibility Ideographs" },
-    ["cjkcompatibilityideographssupplement"] = { 0x2F800, 0x2FA1F, "CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement" },
-    ["cjkradicalssupplement"]                = { 0x02E80, 0x02EFF, "CJK Radicals Supplement" },
-    ["cjkstrokes"]                           = { 0x031C0, 0x031EF, "CJK Strokes" },
-    ["cjksymbolsandpunctuation"]             = { 0x03000, 0x0303F, "CJK Symbols and Punctuation" },
-    ["cjkunifiedideographs"]                 = { 0x04E00, 0x09FFF, "CJK Unified Ideographs" },
-    ["cjkunifiedideographsextensiona"]       = { 0x03400, 0x04DBF, "CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A" },
-    ["cjkunifiedideographsextensionb"]       = { 0x20000, 0x2A6DF, "CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B" },
-    ["combiningdiacriticalmarks"]            = { 0x00300, 0x0036F, "Combining Diacritical Marks" },
-    ["combiningdiacriticalmarksforsymbols"]  = { 0x020D0, 0x020FF, "Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols" },
-    ["combiningdiacriticalmarkssupplement"]  = { 0x01DC0, 0x01DFF, "Combining Diacritical Marks Supplement" },
-    ["combininghalfmarks"]                   = { 0x0FE20, 0x0FE2F, "Combining Half Marks" },
-    ["controlpictures"]                      = { 0x02400, 0x0243F, "Control Pictures" },
-    ["coptic"]                               = { 0x02C80, 0x02CFF, "Coptic" },
-    ["countingrodnumerals"]                  = { 0x1D360, 0x1D37F, "Counting Rod Numerals" },
-    ["cuneiform"]                            = { 0x12000, 0x123FF, "Cuneiform" },
-    ["cuneiformnumbersandpunctuation"]       = { 0x12400, 0x1247F, "Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation" },
-    ["currencysymbols"]                      = { 0x020A0, 0x020CF, "Currency Symbols" },
-    ["cypriotsyllabary"]                     = { 0x10800, 0x1083F, "Cypriot Syllabary" },
-    ["cyrillic"]                             = { 0x00400, 0x004FF, "Cyrillic" },
-    ["cyrillicextendeda"]                    = { 0x02DE0, 0x02DFF, "Cyrillic Extended-A" },
-    ["cyrillicextendedb"]                    = { 0x0A640, 0x0A69F, "Cyrillic Extended-B" },
-    ["cyrillicsupplement"]                   = { 0x00500, 0x0052F, "Cyrillic Supplement" },
-    ["deseret"]                              = { 0x10400, 0x1044F, "Deseret" },
-    ["devanagari"]                           = { 0x00900, 0x0097F, "Devanagari" },
-    ["dingbats"]                             = { 0x02700, 0x027BF, "Dingbats" },
-    ["dominotiles"]                          = { 0x1F030, 0x1F09F, "Domino Tiles" },
-    ["enclosedalphanumerics"]                = { 0x02460, 0x024FF, "Enclosed Alphanumerics" },
-    ["enclosedcjklettersandmonths"]          = { 0x03200, 0x032FF, "Enclosed CJK Letters and Months" },
-    ["ethiopic"]                             = { 0x01200, 0x0137F, "Ethiopic" },
-    ["ethiopicextended"]                     = { 0x02D80, 0x02DDF, "Ethiopic Extended" },
-    ["ethiopicsupplement"]                   = { 0x01380, 0x0139F, "Ethiopic Supplement" },
-    ["generalpunctuation"]                   = { 0x02000, 0x0206F, "General Punctuation" },
-    ["geometricshapes"]                      = { 0x025A0, 0x025FF, "Geometric Shapes" },
-    ["georgian"]                             = { 0x010A0, 0x010FF, "Georgian" },
-    ["georgiansupplement"]                   = { 0x02D00, 0x02D2F, "Georgian Supplement" },
-    ["glagolitic"]                           = { 0x02C00, 0x02C5F, "Glagolitic" },
-    ["gothic"]                               = { 0x10330, 0x1034F, "Gothic" },
-    ["greekandcoptic"]                       = { 0x00370, 0x003FF, "Greek and Coptic" },
-    ["greekextended"]                        = { 0x01F00, 0x01FFF, "Greek Extended" },
-    ["gujarati"]                             = { 0x00A80, 0x00AFF, "Gujarati" },
-    ["gurmukhi"]                             = { 0x00A00, 0x00A7F, "Gurmukhi" },
-    ["halfwidthandfullwidthforms"]           = { 0x0FF00, 0x0FFEF, "Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms" },
-    ["hangulcompatibilityjamo"]              = { 0x03130, 0x0318F, "Hangul Compatibility Jamo" },
-    ["hanguljamo"]                           = { 0x01100, 0x011FF, "Hangul Jamo" },
-    ["hangulsyllables"]                      = { 0x0AC00, 0x0D7AF, "Hangul Syllables" },
-    ["hanunoo"]                              = { 0x01720, 0x0173F, "Hanunoo" },
-    ["hebrew"]                               = { 0x00590, 0x005FF, "Hebrew" },
-    ["highprivateusesurrogates"]             = { 0x0DB80, 0x0DBFF, "High Private Use Surrogates" },
-    ["highsurrogates"]                       = { 0x0D800, 0x0DB7F, "High Surrogates" },
-    ["hiragana"]                             = { 0x03040, 0x0309F, "Hiragana" },
-    ["ideographicdescriptioncharacters"]     = { 0x02FF0, 0x02FFF, "Ideographic Description Characters" },
-    ["ipaextensions"]                        = { 0x00250, 0x02AF, "IPA Extensions" },
-    ["kanbun"]                               = { 0x03190, 0x0319F, "Kanbun" },
-    ["kangxiradicals"]                       = { 0x02F00, 0x02FDF, "Kangxi Radicals" },
-    ["kannada"]                              = { 0x00C80, 0x00CFF, "Kannada" },
-    ["katakana"]                             = { 0x030A0, 0x030FF, "Katakana" },
-    ["katakanaphoneticextensions"]           = { 0x031F0, 0x031FF, "Katakana Phonetic Extensions" },
-    ["kayahli"]                              = { 0x0A900, 0x0A92F, "Kayah Li" },
-    ["kharoshthi"]                           = { 0x10A00, 0x10A5F, "Kharoshthi" },
-    ["khmer"]                                = { 0x01780, 0x017FF, "Khmer" },
-    ["khmersymbols"]                         = { 0x019E0, 0x019FF, "Khmer Symbols" },
-    ["lao"]                                  = { 0x00E80, 0x00EFF, "Lao" },
-    ["latinextendeda"]                       = { 0x00100, 0x0017F, "Latin Extended-A" },
-    ["latinextendedadditional"]              = { 0x01E00, 0x01EFF, "Latin Extended Additional" },
-    ["latinextendedb"]                       = { 0x00180, 0x0024F, "Latin Extended-B" },
-    ["latinextendedc"]                       = { 0x02C60, 0x02C7F, "Latin Extended-C" },
-    ["latinextendedd"]                       = { 0x0A720, 0x0A7FF, "Latin Extended-D" },
-    ["latinsupplement"]                      = { 0x00080, 0x000FF, "Latin-1 Supplement" },
-    ["lepcha"]                               = { 0x01C00, 0x01C4F, "Lepcha" },
-    ["letterlikesymbols"]                    = { 0x02100, 0x0214F, "Letterlike Symbols" },
-    ["limbu"]                                = { 0x01900, 0x0194F, "Limbu" },
-    ["linearbideograms"]                     = { 0x10080, 0x100FF, "Linear B Ideograms" },
-    ["linearbsyllabary"]                     = { 0x10000, 0x1007F, "Linear B Syllabary" },
-    ["lowsurrogates"]                        = { 0x0DC00, 0x0DFFF, "Low Surrogates" },
-    ["lycian"]                               = { 0x10280, 0x1029F, "Lycian" },
-    ["lydian"]                               = { 0x10920, 0x1093F, "Lydian" },
-    ["mahjongtiles"]                         = { 0x1F000, 0x1F02F, "Mahjong Tiles" },
-    ["malayalam"]                            = { 0x00D00, 0x00D7F, "Malayalam" },
-    ["mathematicalalphanumericsymbols"]      = { 0x1D400, 0x1D7FF, "Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols" },
-    ["mathematicaloperators"]                = { 0x02200, 0x022FF, "Mathematical Operators" },
-    ["miscellaneousmathematicalsymbolsa"]    = { 0x027C0, 0x027EF, "Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A" },
-    ["miscellaneousmathematicalsymbolsb"]    = { 0x02980, 0x029FF, "Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B" },
-    ["miscellaneoussymbols"]                 = { 0x02600, 0x026FF, "Miscellaneous Symbols" },
-    ["miscellaneoussymbolsandarrows"]        = { 0x02B00, 0x02BFF, "Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows" },
-    ["miscellaneoustechnical"]               = { 0x02300, 0x023FF, "Miscellaneous Technical" },
-    ["modifiertoneletters"]                  = { 0x0A700, 0x0A71F, "Modifier Tone Letters" },
-    ["mongolian"]                            = { 0x01800, 0x018AF, "Mongolian" },
-    ["musicalsymbols"]                       = { 0x1D100, 0x1D1FF, "Musical Symbols" },
-    ["myanmar"]                              = { 0x01000, 0x0109F, "Myanmar" },
-    ["newtailue"]                            = { 0x01980, 0x019DF, "New Tai Lue" },
-    ["nko"]                                  = { 0x007C0, 0x007FF, "NKo" },
-    ["numberforms"]                          = { 0x02150, 0x0218F, "Number Forms" },
-    ["ogham"]                                = { 0x01680, 0x0169F, "Ogham" },
-    ["olchiki"]                              = { 0x01C50, 0x01C7F, "Ol Chiki" },
-    ["olditalic"]                            = { 0x10300, 0x1032F, "Old Italic" },
-    ["oldpersian"]                           = { 0x103A0, 0x103DF, "Old Persian" },
-    ["opticalcharacterrecognition"]          = { 0x02440, 0x0245F, "Optical Character Recognition" },
-    ["oriya"]                                = { 0x00B00, 0x00B7F, "Oriya" },
-    ["osmanya"]                              = { 0x10480, 0x104AF, "Osmanya" },
-    ["phagspa"]                              = { 0x0A840, 0x0A87F, "Phags-pa" },
-    ["phaistosdisc"]                         = { 0x101D0, 0x101FF, "Phaistos Disc" },
-    ["phoenician"]                           = { 0x10900, 0x1091F, "Phoenician" },
-    ["phoneticextensions"]                   = { 0x01D00, 0x01D7F, "Phonetic Extensions" },
-    ["phoneticextensionssupplement"]         = { 0x01D80, 0x01DBF, "Phonetic Extensions Supplement" },
-    ["privateusearea"]                       = { 0x0E000, 0x0F8FF, "Private Use Area" },
-    ["rejang"]                               = { 0x0A930, 0x0A95F, "Rejang" },
-    ["runic"]                                = { 0x016A0, 0x016FF, "Runic" },
-    ["saurashtra"]                           = { 0x0A880, 0x0A8DF, "Saurashtra" },
-    ["shavian"]                              = { 0x10450, 0x1047F, "Shavian" },
-    ["sinhala"]                              = { 0x00D80, 0x00DFF, "Sinhala" },
-    ["smallformvariants"]                    = { 0x0FE50, 0x0FE6F, "Small Form Variants" },
-    ["spacingmodifierletters"]               = { 0x002B0, 0x002FF, "Spacing Modifier Letters" },
-    ["specials"]                             = { 0x0FFF0, 0x0FFFF, "Specials" },
-    ["sundanese"]                            = { 0x01B80, 0x01BBF, "Sundanese" },
-    ["superscriptsandsubscripts"]            = { 0x02070, 0x0209F, "Superscripts and Subscripts" },
-    ["supplementalarrowsa"]                  = { 0x027F0, 0x027FF, "Supplemental Arrows-A" },
-    ["supplementalarrowsb"]                  = { 0x02900, 0x0297F, "Supplemental Arrows-B" },
-    ["supplementalmathematicaloperators"]    = { 0x02A00, 0x02AFF, "Supplemental Mathematical Operators" },
-    ["supplementalpunctuation"]              = { 0x02E00, 0x02E7F, "Supplemental Punctuation" },
-    ["supplementaryprivateuseareaa"]         = { 0xF0000, 0xFFFFF, "Supplementary Private Use Area-A" },
-    ["supplementaryprivateuseareab"]         = { 0x100000,0x10FFFF,"Supplementary Private Use Area-B" },
-    ["sylotinagri"]                          = { 0x0A800, 0x0A82F, "Syloti Nagri" },
-    ["syriac"]                               = { 0x00700, 0x0074F, "Syriac" },
-    ["tagalog"]                              = { 0x01700, 0x0171F, "Tagalog" },
-    ["tagbanwa"]                             = { 0x01760, 0x0177F, "Tagbanwa" },
-    ["tags"]                                 = { 0xE0000, 0xE007F, "Tags" },
-    ["taile"]                                = { 0x01950, 0x0197F, "Tai Le" },
-    ["taixuanjingsymbols"]                   = { 0x1D300, 0x1D35F, "Tai Xuan Jing Symbols" },
-    ["tamil"]                                = { 0x00B80, 0x00BFF, "Tamil" },
-    ["telugu"]                               = { 0x00C00, 0x00C7F, "Telugu" },
-    ["thaana"]                               = { 0x00780, 0x007BF, "Thaana" },
-    ["thai"]                                 = { 0x00E00, 0x00E7F, "Thai" },
-    ["tibetan"]                              = { 0x00F00, 0x00FFF, "Tibetan" },
-    ["tifinagh"]                             = { 0x02D30, 0x02D7F, "Tifinagh" },
-    ["ugaritic"]                             = { 0x10380, 0x1039F, "Ugaritic" },
-    ["unifiedcanadianaboriginalsyllabics"]   = { 0x01400, 0x0167F, "Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics" },
-    ["vai"]                                  = { 0x0A500, 0x0A63F, "Vai" },
-    ["variationselectors"]                   = { 0x0FE00, 0x0FE0F, "Variation Selectors" },
-    ["variationselectorssupplement"]         = { 0xE0100, 0xE01EF, "Variation Selectors Supplement" },
-    ["verticalforms"]                        = { 0x0FE10, 0x0FE1F, "Vertical Forms" },
-    ["yijinghexagramsymbols"]                = { 0x04DC0, 0x04DFF, "Yijing Hexagram Symbols" },
-    ["yiradicals"]                           = { 0x0A490, 0x0A4CF, "Yi Radicals" },
-    ["yisyllables"]                          = { 0x0A000, 0x0A48F, "Yi Syllables" },
+local blocks = allocate {
+    ["aegeannumbers"]                        = { first = 0x10100, last = 0x1013F, description = "Aegean Numbers" },
+    ["alphabeticpresentationforms"]          = { first = 0x0FB00, last = 0x0FB4F, description = "Alphabetic Presentation Forms" },
+    ["ancientgreekmusicalnotation"]          = { first = 0x1D200, last = 0x1D24F, description = "Ancient Greek Musical Notation" },
+    ["ancientgreeknumbers"]                  = { first = 0x10140, last = 0x1018F, description = "Ancient Greek Numbers" },
+    ["ancientsymbols"]                       = { first = 0x10190, last = 0x101CF, description = "Ancient Symbols" },
+    ["arabic"]                               = { first = 0x00600, last = 0x006FF, description = "Arabic" },
+    ["arabicpresentationformsa"]             = { first = 0x0FB50, last = 0x0FDFF, description = "Arabic Presentation Forms-A" },
+    ["arabicpresentationformsb"]             = { first = 0x0FE70, last = 0x0FEFF, description = "Arabic Presentation Forms-B" },
+    ["arabicsupplement"]                     = { first = 0x00750, last = 0x0077F, description = "Arabic Supplement" },
+    ["armenian"]                             = { first = 0x00530, last = 0x0058F, description = "Armenian" },
+    ["arrows"]                               = { first = 0x02190, last = 0x021FF, description = "Arrows" },
+    ["balinese"]                             = { first = 0x01B00, last = 0x01B7F, description = "Balinese" },
+    ["basiclatin"]                           = { first = 0x00000, last = 0x0007F, description = "Basic Latin" },
+    ["bengali"]                              = { first = 0x00980, last = 0x009FF, description = "Bengali" },
+    ["blockelements"]                        = { first = 0x02580, last = 0x0259F, description = "Block Elements" },
+    ["bopomofo"]                             = { first = 0x03100, last = 0x0312F, description = "Bopomofo" },
+    ["bopomofoextended"]                     = { first = 0x031A0, last = 0x031BF, description = "Bopomofo Extended" },
+    ["boxdrawing"]                           = { first = 0x02500, last = 0x0257F, description = "Box Drawing" },
+    ["braillepatterns"]                      = { first = 0x02800, last = 0x028FF, description = "Braille Patterns" },
+    ["buginese"]                             = { first = 0x01A00, last = 0x01A1F, description = "Buginese" },
+    ["buhid"]                                = { first = 0x01740, last = 0x0175F, description = "Buhid" },
+    ["byzantinemusicalsymbols"]              = { first = 0x1D000, last = 0x1D0FF, description = "Byzantine Musical Symbols" },
+    ["carian"]                               = { first = 0x102A0, last = 0x102DF, description = "Carian" },
+    ["cham"]                                 = { first = 0x0AA00, last = 0x0AA5F, description = "Cham" },
+    ["cherokee"]                             = { first = 0x013A0, last = 0x013FF, description = "Cherokee" },
+    ["cjkcompatibility"]                     = { first = 0x03300, last = 0x033FF, description = "CJK Compatibility" },
+    ["cjkcompatibilityforms"]                = { first = 0x0FE30, last = 0x0FE4F, description = "CJK Compatibility Forms" },
+    ["cjkcompatibilityideographs"]           = { first = 0x0F900, last = 0x0FAFF, description = "CJK Compatibility Ideographs" },
+    ["cjkcompatibilityideographssupplement"] = { first = 0x2F800, last = 0x2FA1F, description = "CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement" },
+    ["cjkradicalssupplement"]                = { first = 0x02E80, last = 0x02EFF, description = "CJK Radicals Supplement" },
+    ["cjkstrokes"]                           = { first = 0x031C0, last = 0x031EF, description = "CJK Strokes" },
+    ["cjksymbolsandpunctuation"]             = { first = 0x03000, last = 0x0303F, description = "CJK Symbols and Punctuation" },
+    ["cjkunifiedideographs"]                 = { first = 0x04E00, last = 0x09FFF, description = "CJK Unified Ideographs" },
+    ["cjkunifiedideographsextensiona"]       = { first = 0x03400, last = 0x04DBF, description = "CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A" },
+    ["cjkunifiedideographsextensionb"]       = { first = 0x20000, last = 0x2A6DF, description = "CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B" },
+    ["combiningdiacriticalmarks"]            = { first = 0x00300, last = 0x0036F, description = "Combining Diacritical Marks" },
+    ["combiningdiacriticalmarksforsymbols"]  = { first = 0x020D0, last = 0x020FF, description = "Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols" },
+    ["combiningdiacriticalmarkssupplement"]  = { first = 0x01DC0, last = 0x01DFF, description = "Combining Diacritical Marks Supplement" },
+    ["combininghalfmarks"]                   = { first = 0x0FE20, last = 0x0FE2F, description = "Combining Half Marks" },
+    ["controlpictures"]                      = { first = 0x02400, last = 0x0243F, description = "Control Pictures" },
+    ["coptic"]                               = { first = 0x02C80, last = 0x02CFF, description = "Coptic" },
+    ["countingrodnumerals"]                  = { first = 0x1D360, last = 0x1D37F, description = "Counting Rod Numerals" },
+    ["cuneiform"]                            = { first = 0x12000, last = 0x123FF, description = "Cuneiform" },
+    ["cuneiformnumbersandpunctuation"]       = { first = 0x12400, last = 0x1247F, description = "Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation" },
+    ["currencysymbols"]                      = { first = 0x020A0, last = 0x020CF, description = "Currency Symbols" },
+    ["cypriotsyllabary"]                     = { first = 0x10800, last = 0x1083F, description = "Cypriot Syllabary" },
+    ["cyrillic"]                             = { first = 0x00400, last = 0x004FF, description = "Cyrillic" },
+    ["cyrillicextendeda"]                    = { first = 0x02DE0, last = 0x02DFF, description = "Cyrillic Extended-A" },
+    ["cyrillicextendedb"]                    = { first = 0x0A640, last = 0x0A69F, description = "Cyrillic Extended-B" },
+    ["cyrillicsupplement"]                   = { first = 0x00500, last = 0x0052F, description = "Cyrillic Supplement" },
+    ["deseret"]                              = { first = 0x10400, last = 0x1044F, description = "Deseret" },
+    ["devanagari"]                           = { first = 0x00900, last = 0x0097F, description = "Devanagari" },
+    ["dingbats"]                             = { first = 0x02700, last = 0x027BF, description = "Dingbats" },
+    ["dominotiles"]                          = { first = 0x1F030, last = 0x1F09F, description = "Domino Tiles" },
+    ["enclosedalphanumerics"]                = { first = 0x02460, last = 0x024FF, description = "Enclosed Alphanumerics" },
+    ["enclosedcjklettersandmonths"]          = { first = 0x03200, last = 0x032FF, description = "Enclosed CJK Letters and Months" },
+    ["ethiopic"]                             = { first = 0x01200, last = 0x0137F, description = "Ethiopic" },
+    ["ethiopicextended"]                     = { first = 0x02D80, last = 0x02DDF, description = "Ethiopic Extended" },
+    ["ethiopicsupplement"]                   = { first = 0x01380, last = 0x0139F, description = "Ethiopic Supplement" },
+    ["generalpunctuation"]                   = { first = 0x02000, last = 0x0206F, description = "General Punctuation" },
+    ["geometricshapes"]                      = { first = 0x025A0, last = 0x025FF, description = "Geometric Shapes" },
+    ["georgian"]                             = { first = 0x010A0, last = 0x010FF, description = "Georgian" },
+    ["georgiansupplement"]                   = { first = 0x02D00, last = 0x02D2F, description = "Georgian Supplement" },
+    ["glagolitic"]                           = { first = 0x02C00, last = 0x02C5F, description = "Glagolitic" },
+    ["gothic"]                               = { first = 0x10330, last = 0x1034F, description = "Gothic" },
+    ["greekandcoptic"]                       = { first = 0x00370, last = 0x003FF, description = "Greek and Coptic" },
+    ["greekextended"]                        = { first = 0x01F00, last = 0x01FFF, description = "Greek Extended" },
+    ["gujarati"]                             = { first = 0x00A80, last = 0x00AFF, description = "Gujarati" },
+    ["gurmukhi"]                             = { first = 0x00A00, last = 0x00A7F, description = "Gurmukhi" },
+    ["halfwidthandfullwidthforms"]           = { first = 0x0FF00, last = 0x0FFEF, description = "Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms" },
+    ["hangulcompatibilityjamo"]              = { first = 0x03130, last = 0x0318F, description = "Hangul Compatibility Jamo" },
+    ["hanguljamo"]                           = { first = 0x01100, last = 0x011FF, description = "Hangul Jamo" },
+    ["hangulsyllables"]                      = { first = 0x0AC00, last = 0x0D7AF, description = "Hangul Syllables" },
+    ["hanunoo"]                              = { first = 0x01720, last = 0x0173F, description = "Hanunoo" },
+    ["hebrew"]                               = { first = 0x00590, last = 0x005FF, description = "Hebrew" },
+    ["highprivateusesurrogates"]             = { first = 0x0DB80, last = 0x0DBFF, description = "High Private Use Surrogates" },
+    ["highsurrogates"]                       = { first = 0x0D800, last = 0x0DB7F, description = "High Surrogates" },
+    ["hiragana"]                             = { first = 0x03040, last = 0x0309F, description = "Hiragana" },
+    ["ideographicdescriptioncharacters"]     = { first = 0x02FF0, last = 0x02FFF, description = "Ideographic Description Characters" },
+    ["ipaextensions"]                        = { first = 0x00250, last = 0x002AF, description = "IPA Extensions" },
+    ["kanbun"]                               = { first = 0x03190, last = 0x0319F, description = "Kanbun" },
+    ["kangxiradicals"]                       = { first = 0x02F00, last = 0x02FDF, description = "Kangxi Radicals" },
+    ["kannada"]                              = { first = 0x00C80, last = 0x00CFF, description = "Kannada" },
+    ["katakana"]                             = { first = 0x030A0, last = 0x030FF, description = "Katakana" },
+    ["katakanaphoneticextensions"]           = { first = 0x031F0, last = 0x031FF, description = "Katakana Phonetic Extensions" },
+    ["kayahli"]                              = { first = 0x0A900, last = 0x0A92F, description = "Kayah Li" },
+    ["kharoshthi"]                           = { first = 0x10A00, last = 0x10A5F, description = "Kharoshthi" },
+    ["khmer"]                                = { first = 0x01780, last = 0x017FF, description = "Khmer" },
+    ["khmersymbols"]                         = { first = 0x019E0, last = 0x019FF, description = "Khmer Symbols" },
+    ["lao"]                                  = { first = 0x00E80, last = 0x00EFF, description = "Lao" },
+    ["latinextendeda"]                       = { first = 0x00100, last = 0x0017F, description = "Latin Extended-A" },
+    ["latinextendedadditional"]              = { first = 0x01E00, last = 0x01EFF, description = "Latin Extended Additional" },
+    ["latinextendedb"]                       = { first = 0x00180, last = 0x0024F, description = "Latin Extended-B" },
+    ["latinextendedc"]                       = { first = 0x02C60, last = 0x02C7F, description = "Latin Extended-C" },
+    ["latinextendedd"]                       = { first = 0x0A720, last = 0x0A7FF, description = "Latin Extended-D" },
+    ["latinsupplement"]                      = { first = 0x00080, last = 0x000FF, description = "Latin-1 Supplement" },
+    ["lepcha"]                               = { first = 0x01C00, last = 0x01C4F, description = "Lepcha" },
+    ["letterlikesymbols"]                    = { first = 0x02100, last = 0x0214F, description = "Letterlike Symbols" },
+    ["limbu"]                                = { first = 0x01900, last = 0x0194F, description = "Limbu" },
+    ["linearbideograms"]                     = { first = 0x10080, last = 0x100FF, description = "Linear B Ideograms" },
+    ["linearbsyllabary"]                     = { first = 0x10000, last = 0x1007F, description = "Linear B Syllabary" },
+    ["lowsurrogates"]                        = { first = 0x0DC00, last = 0x0DFFF, description = "Low Surrogates" },
+    ["lycian"]                               = { first = 0x10280, last = 0x1029F, description = "Lycian" },
+    ["lydian"]                               = { first = 0x10920, last = 0x1093F, description = "Lydian" },
+    ["mahjongtiles"]                         = { first = 0x1F000, last = 0x1F02F, description = "Mahjong Tiles" },
+    ["malayalam"]                            = { first = 0x00D00, last = 0x00D7F, description = "Malayalam" },
+    ["mathematicalalphanumericsymbols"]      = { first = 0x1D400, last = 0x1D7FF, description = "Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols" },
+    ["mathematicaloperators"]                = { first = 0x02200, last = 0x022FF, description = "Mathematical Operators" },
+    ["miscellaneousmathematicalsymbolsa"]    = { first = 0x027C0, last = 0x027EF, description = "Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A" },
+    ["miscellaneousmathematicalsymbolsb"]    = { first = 0x02980, last = 0x029FF, description = "Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B" },
+    ["miscellaneoussymbols"]                 = { first = 0x02600, last = 0x026FF, description = "Miscellaneous Symbols" },
+    ["miscellaneoussymbolsandarrows"]        = { first = 0x02B00, last = 0x02BFF, description = "Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows" },
+    ["miscellaneoustechnical"]               = { first = 0x02300, last = 0x023FF, description = "Miscellaneous Technical" },
+    ["modifiertoneletters"]                  = { first = 0x0A700, last = 0x0A71F, description = "Modifier Tone Letters" },
+    ["mongolian"]                            = { first = 0x01800, last = 0x018AF, description = "Mongolian" },
+    ["musicalsymbols"]                       = { first = 0x1D100, last = 0x1D1FF, description = "Musical Symbols" },
+    ["myanmar"]                              = { first = 0x01000, last = 0x0109F, description = "Myanmar" },
+    ["newtailue"]                            = { first = 0x01980, last = 0x019DF, description = "New Tai Lue" },
+    ["nko"]                                  = { first = 0x007C0, last = 0x007FF, description = "NKo" },
+    ["numberforms"]                          = { first = 0x02150, last = 0x0218F, description = "Number Forms" },
+    ["ogham"]                                = { first = 0x01680, last = 0x0169F, description = "Ogham" },
+    ["olchiki"]                              = { first = 0x01C50, last = 0x01C7F, description = "Ol Chiki" },
+    ["olditalic"]                            = { first = 0x10300, last = 0x1032F, description = "Old Italic" },
+    ["oldpersian"]                           = { first = 0x103A0, last = 0x103DF, description = "Old Persian" },
+    ["opticalcharacterrecognition"]          = { first = 0x02440, last = 0x0245F, description = "Optical Character Recognition" },
+    ["oriya"]                                = { first = 0x00B00, last = 0x00B7F, description = "Oriya" },
+    ["osmanya"]                              = { first = 0x10480, last = 0x104AF, description = "Osmanya" },
+    ["phagspa"]                              = { first = 0x0A840, last = 0x0A87F, description = "Phags-pa" },
+    ["phaistosdisc"]                         = { first = 0x101D0, last = 0x101FF, description = "Phaistos Disc" },
+    ["phoenician"]                           = { first = 0x10900, last = 0x1091F, description = "Phoenician" },
+    ["phoneticextensions"]                   = { first = 0x01D00, last = 0x01D7F, description = "Phonetic Extensions" },
+    ["phoneticextensionssupplement"]         = { first = 0x01D80, last = 0x01DBF, description = "Phonetic Extensions Supplement" },
+    ["privateusearea"]                       = { first = 0x0E000, last = 0x0F8FF, description = "Private Use Area" },
+    ["rejang"]                               = { first = 0x0A930, last = 0x0A95F, description = "Rejang" },
+    ["runic"]                                = { first = 0x016A0, last = 0x016FF, description = "Runic" },
+    ["saurashtra"]                           = { first = 0x0A880, last = 0x0A8DF, description = "Saurashtra" },
+    ["shavian"]                              = { first = 0x10450, last = 0x1047F, description = "Shavian" },
+    ["sinhala"]                              = { first = 0x00D80, last = 0x00DFF, description = "Sinhala" },
+    ["smallformvariants"]                    = { first = 0x0FE50, last = 0x0FE6F, description = "Small Form Variants" },
+    ["spacingmodifierletters"]               = { first = 0x002B0, last = 0x002FF, description = "Spacing Modifier Letters" },
+    ["specials"]                             = { first = 0x0FFF0, last = 0x0FFFF, description = "Specials" },
+    ["sundanese"]                            = { first = 0x01B80, last = 0x01BBF, description = "Sundanese" },
+    ["superscriptsandsubscripts"]            = { first = 0x02070, last = 0x0209F, description = "Superscripts and Subscripts" },
+    ["supplementalarrowsa"]                  = { first = 0x027F0, last = 0x027FF, description = "Supplemental Arrows-A" },
+    ["supplementalarrowsb"]                  = { first = 0x02900, last = 0x0297F, description = "Supplemental Arrows-B" },
+    ["supplementalmathematicaloperators"]    = { first = 0x02A00, last = 0x02AFF, description = "Supplemental Mathematical Operators" },
+    ["supplementalpunctuation"]              = { first = 0x02E00, last = 0x02E7F, description = "Supplemental Punctuation" },
+    ["supplementaryprivateuseareaa"]         = { first = 0xF0000, last = 0xFFFFF, description = "Supplementary Private Use Area-A" },
+    ["supplementaryprivateuseareab"]         = { first = 0x100000,last = 0x10FFFF,description = "Supplementary Private Use Area-B" },
+    ["sylotinagri"]                          = { first = 0x0A800, last = 0x0A82F, description = "Syloti Nagri" },
+    ["syriac"]                               = { first = 0x00700, last = 0x0074F, description = "Syriac" },
+    ["tagalog"]                              = { first = 0x01700, last = 0x0171F, description = "Tagalog" },
+    ["tagbanwa"]                             = { first = 0x01760, last = 0x0177F, description = "Tagbanwa" },
+    ["tags"]                                 = { first = 0xE0000, last = 0xE007F, description = "Tags" },
+    ["taile"]                                = { first = 0x01950, last = 0x0197F, description = "Tai Le" },
+    ["taixuanjingsymbols"]                   = { first = 0x1D300, last = 0x1D35F, description = "Tai Xuan Jing Symbols" },
+    ["tamil"]                                = { first = 0x00B80, last = 0x00BFF, description = "Tamil" },
+    ["telugu"]                               = { first = 0x00C00, last = 0x00C7F, description = "Telugu" },
+    ["thaana"]                               = { first = 0x00780, last = 0x007BF, description = "Thaana" },
+    ["thai"]                                 = { first = 0x00E00, last = 0x00E7F, description = "Thai" },
+    ["tibetan"]                              = { first = 0x00F00, last = 0x00FFF, description = "Tibetan" },
+    ["tifinagh"]                             = { first = 0x02D30, last = 0x02D7F, description = "Tifinagh" },
+    ["ugaritic"]                             = { first = 0x10380, last = 0x1039F, description = "Ugaritic" },
+    ["unifiedcanadianaboriginalsyllabics"]   = { first = 0x01400, last = 0x0167F, description = "Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics" },
+    ["vai"]                                  = { first = 0x0A500, last = 0x0A63F, description = "Vai" },
+    ["variationselectors"]                   = { first = 0x0FE00, last = 0x0FE0F, description = "Variation Selectors" },
+    ["variationselectorssupplement"]         = { first = 0xE0100, last = 0xE01EF, description = "Variation Selectors Supplement" },
+    ["verticalforms"]                        = { first = 0x0FE10, last = 0x0FE1F, description = "Vertical Forms" },
+    ["yijinghexagramsymbols"]                = { first = 0x04DC0, last = 0x04DFF, description = "Yijing Hexagram Symbols" },
+    ["yiradicals"]                           = { first = 0x0A490, last = 0x0A4CF, description = "Yi Radicals" },
+    ["yisyllables"]                          = { first = 0x0A000, last = 0x0A48F, description = "Yi Syllables" },
 }
 
-setmetatable(characters.blocks, { __index = function(t,k)
+characters.blocks = blocks
+
+setmetatable(blocks, { __index = function(t,k)
     return k and rawget(t,lower(gsub(k,"[^a-zA-Z]","")))
 end } )
 
 function characters.getrange(name) -- used in font fallback definitions (name or range)
-    local range = characters.blocks[name]
+    local range = blocks[name]
     if range then
-        return range[1], range[2], range[3]
+        return range.first, range.last, range.description
     end
     name = gsub(name,'"',"0x") -- goodie: tex hex notation
     local start, stop = match(name,"^(.-)[%-%:](.-)$")
@@ -506,11 +508,26 @@ function characters.define(tobelettered, tobeactivated) -- catcodetables
             local contextname = chr.contextname
             if contextname then
                 local category = chr.category
+--~                 if is_character[category] then
+--~                     if chr.unicodeslot < 128 then
+--~                         texprint(ctxcatcodes,format("\\chardef\\%s=%s",contextname,u))
+--~                     else
+--~                         texprint(ctxcatcodes,format("\\let\\%s=%s",contextname,utfchar(u)))
+--~                     end
+--~                 elseif is_command[category] then
+--~                     texsprint("{\\catcode",u,"=13\\unexpanded\\gdef ",utfchar(u),"{\\"..contextname,"}}") -- no texprint
+--~                     a = a + 1
+--~                     activated[a] = u
+--~                 end
                 if is_character[category] then
                     if chr.unicodeslot < 128 then
-                        texprint(ctxcatcodes,format("\\chardef\\%s=%s",contextname,u))
+                        if is_letter[category] then
+                            texprint(ctxcatcodes,format("\\def\\%s{%s}",contextname,utfchar(u)))
+                        else
+                            texprint(ctxcatcodes,format("\\chardef\\%s=%s",contextname,u))
+                        end
                     else
-                        texprint(ctxcatcodes,format("\\let\\%s=%s",contextname,utfchar(u)))
+                        texprint(ctxcatcodes,format("\\def\\%s{%s}",contextname,utfchar(u)))
                     end
                 elseif is_command[category] then
                     texsprint("{\\catcode",u,"=13\\unexpanded\\gdef ",utfchar(u),"{\\"..contextname,"}}") -- no texprint
@@ -522,9 +539,9 @@ function characters.define(tobelettered, tobeactivated) -- catcodetables
     end
 
     if tobelettered then -- shared
-      local saved = tex.catcodetable
-      for i=1,#tobelettered do
-          tex.catcodetable = tobelettered[i]
+        local saved = tex.catcodetable
+        for i=1,#tobelettered do
+            tex.catcodetable = tobelettered[i]
             if trace_defining then
                 report_defining("defining letters (global, shared)")
             end
@@ -541,8 +558,8 @@ function characters.define(tobelettered, tobeactivated) -- catcodetables
             end
             texsetcatcode(0x200C,11) -- non-joiner
             texsetcatcode(0x200D,11) -- joiner
-      end
-      tex.catcodetable = saved
+        end
+        tex.catcodetable = saved
     end
 
     local nofactivated = #tobeactivated