\uxxxx to wostream

[Patrick Horgan <phorgan1@xxxxxxxxx>]

Using gcc (Ubuntu 4.4.1-4ubuntu9) 4.4.1  if I do something like:

std::cout << "\u2714" << std::endl;

to my terminal which is set up to use UTF-8, I see a checkmark.

If I do something like:

std::wcout << "\u2714" << std::endl;

I get nothing.

If I do:

std::wcout << L"\u2714" << std::endl;

I get a box with 0 0 on the top and 1 4 on the bottom.

Using L"\U00002714" has the same result.

std::wcout << L"Pat" << std::endl;

gets the word Pat on the screen.

How can I insert something into wcout that will result in a check mark?

Patrick