@@ -697,8 +697,15 @@
 				addStyle 'var'
 			end
 			return tag(tags[sp.style],nil,htmlSpan(sp.spans,...))
 		end
+
+		function span_renderers.codepoint(t,b,s)
+			-- is this a UTF8 output?
+			return utf8.char(t.code)
+			-- else
+			-- return string.format("&#%u;", code)
+		end
 
 		function span_renderers.deref(t,b,s)
 			local r = b.origin:ref(t.ref)
 			local name = t.ref