This might be a candidate for backporting.

(I recommend the JuliaMono font https://juliamono.netlify.app which supports this character.)

Note that the replacement character might look weird (or might look like a space) when viewed in a web browser. I confirm that this really expands \^q to the expected character, even if the respective font does not have this character '𐞥': Unicode U+107A5 (category Lm: Letter, modifier)

Should I add a NEWS entry for this?

@stevengj I tagged you as reviewer here because you voiced interest in this feature recently.

Merge me, please!

The Windows CI build timed out. Can you restart it?

Does this want an entry in NEWS.md?

It's not important, but some people are quite opinionated about this. I'd thus say yes.

It's not important, but some people are quite opinionated about this. I'd thus say yes.

I’ll make a PR for one then.