Re: &mdash in boot-floppies/documentation

2000-10-02 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Ardo van Rangelrooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Well, I can make a version for potato which (more or less) solves this, but > the real question of course is will the RM let me put it in potato. In other > words: how critical do you think this is for it needing to be fixed in potato? Honestly

Re: &mdash in boot-floppies/documentation

2000-10-01 Thread Ardo van Rangelrooij
Adam Di Carlo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Michael Sobolev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sat, Sep 30, 2000 at 01:38:34PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > > I guess so. Since we aren't likely (I don't think!) to get an updated > > > debiandoc-sgml, can someone check to see whether we could

Re: &mdash in boot-floppies/documentation

2000-10-01 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On 2929T233002+0400, Michael Sobolev wrote: > On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 05:20:11PM +0300, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: > > In HTML, there is no portable way to represent an em-dash - except by > > using a plain old "-". > You mean two of them, do you not? :) No, not at least in Finnish. Don't

Re: &mdash in boot-floppies/documentation

2000-09-30 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Michael Sobolev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Sep 30, 2000 at 01:38:34PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > I guess so. Since we aren't likely (I don't think!) to get an updated > > debiandoc-sgml, can someone check to see whether we could perhaps > > define the mdash entity, when making HT

Re: &mdash in boot-floppies/documentation

2000-09-30 Thread Michael Sobolev
On Sat, Sep 30, 2000 at 03:36:06PM +0200, Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > As I already said, Netscape is known to not support all those entities. That's >very > > bad. :-( > > Yes. This brings us back to what I mention at the beggining of this thread. > Shoudn't the concerned file be adapted then ? W

Re: &mdash in boot-floppies/documentation

2000-09-30 Thread Michael Sobolev
On Sat, Sep 30, 2000 at 01:38:34PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Yes. This brings us back to what I mention at the beggining of this > > thread. Shoudn't the concerned file be adapted then ? > > I guess so. Since we aren't likely (I don't think!) to get an updated > debiandoc-sgml, can someone

Re: &mdash in boot-floppies/documentation

2000-09-30 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Van Buggenhaut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Sep 30, 2000 at 05:07:48PM +0400, Michael Sobolev wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 30, 2000 at 02:44:12AM +0200, Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > > > According to Section 24 of HTML 4.01 specification, mdash is a valid entity. :) > > > I'm using Netscpae 4.75 w

Re: &mdash in boot-floppies/documentation

2000-09-30 Thread Van Buggenhaut
On Sat, Sep 30, 2000 at 05:07:48PM +0400, Michael Sobolev wrote: > On Sat, Sep 30, 2000 at 02:44:12AM +0200, Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > > According to Section 24 of HTML 4.01 specification, mdash is a valid entity. :) > > I'm using Netscpae 4.75 with Potato and &mdash isn't resolved when i read HTM

Re: &mdash in boot-floppies/documentation

2000-09-30 Thread Michael Sobolev
On Sat, Sep 30, 2000 at 02:44:12AM +0200, Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > According to Section 24 of HTML 4.01 specification, mdash is a valid entity. :) > I'm using Netscpae 4.75 with Potato and &mdash isn't resolved when i read HTML pages As I already said, Netscape is known to not support all those e

Re: &mdash in boot-floppies/documentation

2000-09-29 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Van Buggenhaut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 11:37:21PM +0400, Michael Sobolev wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 04:22:01PM -0500, Ardo van Rangelrooij wrote: > > > I'll look into this. The HTML translation map in debiandoc-sgml maps &mdash to >&mdash > > > which accord

Re: &mdash in boot-floppies/documentation

2000-09-29 Thread Van Buggenhaut
On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 11:37:21PM +0400, Michael Sobolev wrote: > On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 04:22:01PM -0500, Ardo van Rangelrooij wrote: > > I'll look into this. The HTML translation map in debiandoc-sgml maps &mdash to >&mdash > > which according to the HTML/XHTML book of O'Reilly doesn't exist

Re: &mdash in boot-floppies/documentation

2000-09-29 Thread Michael Sobolev
On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 04:22:01PM -0500, Ardo van Rangelrooij wrote: > I'll look into this. The HTML translation map in debiandoc-sgml maps &mdash to >&mdash > which according to the HTML/XHTML book of O'Reilly doesn't exist. Probably we need >to > use — but conformance is not guaranteed. I'

Re: &mdash in boot-floppies/documentation

2000-09-29 Thread Michael Sobolev
On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 05:20:11PM +0300, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: > In HTML, there is no portable way to represent an em-dash - except by > using a plain old "-". You mean two of them, do you not? :) -- Misha -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: &mdash in boot-floppies/documentation

2000-09-29 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On 2927T162201-0500, Ardo van Rangelrooij wrote: > I'll look into this. The HTML translation map in debiandoc-sgml maps &mdash to >&mdash > which according to the HTML/XHTML book of O'Reilly doesn't exist. Probably we need >to > use — but conformance is not guaranteed. 151's meaning depen

Re: &mdash in boot-floppies/documentation

2000-09-27 Thread Ardo van Rangelrooij
I'll look into this. The HTML translation map in debiandoc-sgml maps &mdash to &mdash which according to the HTML/XHTML book of O'Reilly doesn't exist. Probably we need to use — but conformance is not guaranteed. I'll check the whole table and let you know what's up. Thanks, Ardo Michael Sobo

Re: &mdash in boot-floppies/documentation

2000-09-26 Thread Michael Sobolev
On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 07:10:35PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 23, 2000 at 07:40:41PM +0200, Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > > On Sat, Sep 23, 2000 at 04:54:50PM +0100, Martin Keegan wrote: > > > > On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > > > > > > > > I just checked the web pages

Re: &mdash in boot-floppies/documentation

2000-09-26 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Michael Sobolev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Sep 23, 2000 at 07:40:41PM +0200, Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 23, 2000 at 04:54:50PM +0100, Martin Keegan wrote: > > > On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > > > > > > I just checked the web pages and apparently (on my Nestc

Re: &mdash in boot-floppies/documentation

2000-09-23 Thread Michael Sobolev
On Sat, Sep 23, 2000 at 07:40:41PM +0200, Van Buggenhaut wrote: > On Sat, Sep 23, 2000 at 04:54:50PM +0100, Martin Keegan wrote: > > On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > > > > I just checked the web pages and apparently (on my Nestcape, at least) — >isn't converted at all, which is qui

Re: &mdash in boot-floppies/documentation

2000-09-23 Thread Van Buggenhaut
On Sat, Sep 23, 2000 at 04:54:50PM +0100, Martin Keegan wrote: > On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > > I just checked the web pages and apparently (on my Nestcape, at least) — >isn't converted at all, which is quite ugly ! > > Well it should depend entirely on your DTD ... What do y

Re: &mdash in boot-floppies/documentation

2000-09-23 Thread Michael Sobolev
On Sat, Sep 23, 2000 at 03:50:37PM +0200, Van Buggenhaut wrote: > There's an apparently new variable introduced in recent versions of canonical > files, it's — I'm desperately trying to find out what it refers to. Has > the french translation of it been included. Can anyone help ? It refers to a d

&mdash in boot-floppies/documentation

2000-09-23 Thread Van Buggenhaut
I've been trying to keep french boot-floppies doc updated for the last months. There's an apparently new variable introduced in recent versions of canonical files, it's — I'm desperately trying to find out what it refers to. Has the french translation of it been included. Can anyone help ? Als