Re: lynx-dev LYNX: SINGLE-hyphen vs EM-dash vs "&151"?

[David Combs]

> From address@hidden Sat Jan 23 13:33:17 1999
> From: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: lynx-dev LYNX: SINGLE-hyphen vs EM-dash vs "&151"?
> 
> > 
> > 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.

Doesn't answer the questions (1) whose fault, lynx or the 151, and
 (I guess) (2) what IS 151?

IF 151 means em-dash, then lynx is WRONG to show just a 
single hyphen -- it makes MISLEADING english, as a hyphen
combines two parts of ONE "word" (logical word, I guess),
whereas " -- " separates two phrases or clauses or whatever
they're called.  It is actually sort of serious, not just
"what looks better".

Just my opinion.

Anyway, what IS "151"?

David