On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Marco Cimarosti wrote:
> Using ` and ' as quotation marks is a long-standing Internet convention.
> [...]
Not a reply to your message really, but on this topic, I really recommend
the following page. It's really well-researched:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/quo
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Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 08:26
Subject: Re: Header Reply-To
> At 07:21 -0800 2002-11-04, Mark Davis wrote:
> >I don't think that usage is described in the ASCII standard; as far as I
can
> >tell it is only in that RFC.
>
> I was *caused* by the ASCII sta
At 07:21 -0800 2002-11-04, Mark Davis wrote:
I don't think that usage is described in the ASCII standard; as far as I can
tell it is only in that RFC.
I was *caused* by the ASCII standard surely.
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Michael Everson * * Everson Typography * * http://www.evertype.com
ur si muove” ◄
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From: "Marco Cimarosti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Stefan Persson'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "David Starner"
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Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 03:10
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Stefan Persson wrote:
> > > Why doesn't that page follow the ASCII standard and/or
> any ASCII-based
> > > standard?
> >
> > What? As far as I can tell, it's 100% ASCII.
>
> It doesn't follow the ASCII standard as far as quotation marks are
> concerned.
Using ` and ' as quotation marks is a long
Mark Davis wrote:
> First, the ` is not a quote mark: it is a grave accent/ Second, it
> also doesn/t say that you can/t use a slash/ say/ instead of a comma/
> apostrophe/ or period/ But that doesn/t mean it/s a good idea/
It's a terrible idea. I hate ``this quoting convention" (or
alternativ
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From: "David Starner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 21:02
Subject: Re: Header Reply-To
> On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 02:08:45AM +0100, Stefan Persson wrote:
> > It doesn't follow the ASCII st
On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 02:08:45AM +0100, Stefan Persson wrote:
> It doesn't follow the ASCII standard as far as quotation marks are
> concerned.
ASCII never specifies how the quote marks are to be used; that's outside
its scope. If someone wants to use `` '' to mark quoted material, it's
hardly f
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From: "David Starner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Stefan Persson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 12:34 AM
Subject: Re: Header Reply-To
> On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 11:36:31PM +0100, Stefa
On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 11:36:31PM +0100, Stefan Persson wrote:
> > For an argument on the don't-add-Reply-To
> > side, see http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html (no connection
> > between unicom and unicode).
>
> Why doesn't that page follow the ASCII standard and/or any ASCII-based
> st
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From: "John Cowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Thomas Lotze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 10:39 PM
Subject: Re: Header Reply-To
> For an argument on the don't-add-Reply-To
Thomas Lotze scripsit:
> is there a reason mails from the Unicode list don't have a Reply-To
> header pointing to [EMAIL PROTECTED]? Sorry to those who have received
> private mail from me which was actually meant for the list...
This is a very controversial point. For an argument on the don't-a
Thomas Lotze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 2002-11-02 00:56:14 -0800:
> Hi,
>
> is there a reason mails from the Unicode list don't have a Reply-To
> header pointing to [EMAIL PROTECTED]? Sorry to those who have received
> private mail from me which was actually meant for the list...
>
> Cheers, T
Thomas Lotze asked:
> is there a reason mails from the Unicode list don't have a
> Reply-To header pointing to [EMAIL PROTECTED]?
Yes.
This point has been covered before in this forum and isn't open to
negotiation.
Regards,
-- Sarasvati
Hi,
is there a reason mails from the Unicode list don't have a Reply-To
header pointing to [EMAIL PROTECTED]? Sorry to those who have received
private mail from me which was actually meant for the list...
Cheers, Thomas
--
Thomas Lotze
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.thomas-l
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