On Tuesday 07 March 2006 18:21, Louis Desjardins wrote: > >Content-type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1460880.kvvaLEfHLx"; > > protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 > >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > > > >On Tuesday 07 March 2006 17:24, Louis Desjardins wrote: > >> Hi Team! > >> > >> Is there a particular reason why in the new Insert menu we find the 2 > >> first options : > >> > >> Apostrophe [ ' ] (straight apostrophe) > >> Straight double [ " ] (straight quotation mark) > >> > >> I am asking this question for 2 reasons: > >> > >> 1. These glyphs are readily accessible from many keyboard layouts (at > >> least the ones I know). > >> > >> 2. The so-called "apostrophe" has been a typographic nightmare ever > >> since DTP was born and even in the notes from Unicode officials, it > >> is said that the recommended apostrophe in typography is the curved > >> one. So why insist on that wrong apostrophe that is so easily > >> accessible from the keyboard anyways? The same reason applies for the > >> Straight double which is often used as quotes (guillemets) ... and is > >> also a typographic nightmare! > >> > >> Say we take them out, the menu will look more attractive (less > >> crowded) AND we will help users develop their taste for nice > >> typography... :) > >> > >> Any thoughts? Maybe I'm missing something obvious or I look at this > >> from my too narrow point of view (french typography) ?! > > > >Basically for completeness, because I have never seen an Arabic, Indic, > >Russian, Thai etc keyboard. For that matter, I've never seen a Polish, > >Portuguese, etc etc.. and FWIW, I REALLY REALLY hate the French keyboard > > :) > > You're gonna hurt yourself! Don't hate like this! French might not be > so easy, but the keyboard is! We'll be happy to show you how it works > when we're in Lyon! :) :) :)
Its almost impossible... shift for numbers? hello! Of all the keyboards I've used, it is the hardest to get used to and then use. :) My French is a lot better than my use of a French keyboard :). Craig -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20060307/cdd9fa50/attachment.pgp
