# "q" letter missing in unicode autocompletion mode

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/q-letter-missing-in-unicode-autocompletion-mode/30697
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [November 4, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/q-letter-missing-in-unicode-autocompletion-mode/30697 "2019-11-04T14:11:43Z")
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### Author: ![sylvaticus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sylvaticus/32/203883_2.png) [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/q-letter-missing-in-unicode-autocompletion-mode/30697/1 "2019-11-04T14:11:43Z")

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Is there a reason q and Q are missing ?

![missing_q_textmode](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/9/b/9b7af329b8e64c9418aadd9a322accdd8bd1c0e4.png)

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### Author: ![nilshg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nilshg/32/2283_2.png) [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nilshg)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/q-letter-missing-in-unicode-autocompletion-mode/30697/2 "2019-11-04T14:15:18Z")

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You’d have to check with the Unicode consortium:

> **[Superscript letters in Unicode](https://rupertshepherd.info/resource_pages/superscript-letters-in-unicode)**
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> As part of my work on the National Gallery’s Collections Information Project, I’ve commissioned the conversion of the Gallery’s paintings catalogues into TEI-compliant XML, so tha…

Not all letters are available as subscripts and superscript in Unicode.

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### Author: ![sylvaticus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sylvaticus/32/203883_2.png) [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/q-letter-missing-in-unicode-autocompletion-mode/30697/3 "2019-11-04T14:25:15Z")

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Thanks… so nothing to do with Julia itself…

> **[Why is there no character for "superscript q" in Unicode?](https://www.quora.com/Why-is-there-no-character-for-superscript-q-in-Unicode)**
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> Answer (1 of 2): So, a bunch of superscript alphabet letters are available as Unicode characters: ᵃᵇᶜᵈᵉᶠᵍʰⁱʲᵏˡᵐⁿᵒᵖʳˢᵗᵘᵛʷˣʸᶻ. Why is q missing you ask? Well, because those are not just superscript letters. Even though they look like superscript...

(that’s said, q is the only lower letter of US alphabet missing… hmm… not sure I agree with Unicode guys it isn’t necessary… sometimes set completeness has a value in itself 😉 )