Add Copilot encoding instructions banning non-ASCII/emoji characters#282
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Add Copilot encoding instructions banning non-ASCII/emoji characters#282
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[WIP] [FEATURE] Add Copilot instruction banning non-cp1252 Unicode characters
Add Copilot encoding instructions banning non-ASCII/emoji characters
Mar 13, 2026
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PR #227 (Windows native support) replaced 100+ Unicode/emoji characters across 38 files to fix
cp1252codec errors on Windows. Without guardrails, AI-assisted code will keep reintroducing them.Changes
.github/copilot-instructions.md— added cross-platform encoding rule: printable ASCII only, bracket notation for status symbols.github/instructions/encoding.instructions.md(new,applyTo: "**") — dedicated encoding constraint doc covering what to avoid, why (Windowscp1252UnicodeEncodeError), and the canonical symbol table:[+][!][x][i][*][>].github/instructions/cli.instructions.md— replaced all emojiSTATUS_SYMBOLSreferences (✨🚀⚙️💡⚠️❌✅) with ASCII bracket equivalents; removed emoji from help text conventions, code examples, and documentation standardsType of change
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