Re: lynx-dev lynx2.8.2dev.19 patch #6 (em dash = --)

[Klaus Weide]

On Wed, 17 Mar 1999, Leonid Pauzner wrote:
> 16-Mar-99 12:18 Klaus Weide wrote:
> > Besides, the character translations are also used within PRE etc., and
> > even in translated  plain text, so there is a good reason to leave
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^no, no &emsp symbol in any 8bit font.

Think

   HTTP/1.0 200 OK
   .....
   Content-type: text/plain;charset=utf-8
   .....


> > Btw.,
> 
> >    U+2001:
> >    U+2003:
> 
> > (there are two significant spaces at the end of both lines)
> > should probably become
> >    U+2001 "  "
> >    U+2003 "  "
> 
> there is no universal solution, yours will restrict " char from the string.

I think you miss that this syntax is already implemented - and you
can use stuff like "...\"..." for embedded " chars.  But I was just
suggesting to use this for the few strings with significant trailing
spaces, not to change all lines.

   Klaus