rusty_symbols

rusty_symbols is an open-source Unicode glyph toolkit for any Rust UI -- semantically named constants + VS15 presentation pinning -- pure Rust. Application .rs files stay ASCII; glyphs never scatter as raw literals that Windows-1252 round-trips can mojibake. By default installs rusty_alloc (opt out below). Sibling of rusty_tokens and rusty_a11y.

Status -- v0.1.0. Pin rusty_symbols = "0.1" from crates.io (or git tag v0.1.0). Core is no_std / wasm-checked.

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The headline

One immune source of truth. Glyphs live once, as ASCII source.

Dimension	Scattered literals	rusty_symbols	Goal
Mojibake-proof source	every file is a site	ASCII \u{...} escapes	structural
Naming	raw codepoints	semantic modules	maintain
Presentation (WebView)	platform-dependent	VS15 pinned glyphs	uniform
Allocator	system / C	rusty_alloc by default	opt-out
Dependencies	--	none when opted out	maintain
License	mixed	MIT	--

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Install

rusty_symbols = "0.1"
# bring your own allocator:
# rusty_symbols = { version = "0.1", default-features = false }
# hardened allocator:
# rusty_symbols = { version = "0.1", features = ["secure"] }

Feature	Default	Provides
rusty-alloc	yes	rusty_alloc via rusty_alloc_default
secure	no	enables rusty-alloc + guard pages / encrypted free lists

Combining with rusty_tokens / rusty_a11y defaults is safe -- all three share one rusty_alloc_default link. Libraries and mata-alloc apps must set default-features = false.

MSRV: 1.73.

Quick start

use rusty_symbols::{nav, status};

fn label_ok() -> String {
    format!("{} ready", status::OK)
}

cargo test
cargo test --no-default-features

Features

• status -- ok / fail / warn / timer / alarm / live / play / stop.
• nav -- arrows, hooks, branch, collapse (VS15 on triangles).
• structure -- horizontal rule, tree tee / corner.
• math -- gte / lte / approx / times.
• list -- bullet / middot.
• rusty_alloc -- on by default; secure for hardening.

Platform support

Platform	Status
Windows	yes
macOS	yes
Linux	yes
Web (Dioxus / browsers)	yes
WASM (wasm32-unknown-unknown)	yes (no_std; default rusty_alloc covers the heap)

Remade With Rust

Remade With Rust (Mata Network) rebuilds essential tooling in Rust -- memory safety, predictable performance, permissive license.

-> github.com/remade-with-rust

Family: rusty_symbols · rusty_tokens · rusty_a11y

License

MIT -- LICENSE-MIT.

Trademark

"Remade With Rust", "Mata", and "Mata Network" are marks of Mata Network.