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Re: lynx-dev LYNX: SINGLE-hyphen vs EM-dash vs "&151"?
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dickey |
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Re: lynx-dev LYNX: SINGLE-hyphen vs EM-dash vs "&151"? |
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Sat, 23 Jan 1999 16:29:51 -0500 (EST) |
>
> At this addr, with this html:
>
> http://www.motherjones.com/news_wire/parrish3.html
> address@hidden
>
>
> their political will—not to be confused with justice—is done.
> Unfortunately
>
>
> , it comes out as "political will-not to be confused with justice-is done".
>
> Whose fault? Theirs (choosing 151) or lynx's (displaying it)?
>
> Of course, it SHOULD display (with proper english style) as
> "--" in lynx (preferably with surrounding spaces, making it easier
> to read in ascii-output).
it SHOULD (but I thought about using em-dash a short while ago and found
that lynx isn't the only program that doesn't display it - iirc, IE 3 and
NS 4). It'd be fine for Lynx to implement it though.
--
Thomas E. Dickey
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http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey