Re: [whatwg] Question about Mailing List Software

2006-12-13 Thread Edward O'Connor
> Question about the list management software: Does anyone know if there > is there any way that the URL into the list archive for an email > message could be appended to that email message before it goes out? > I'm constantly wanting to refer to an email across lists with a URL > but that requires

[whatwg] Question about Mailing List Software

2006-12-13 Thread Mike Schinkel
Question about the list management software: Does anyone know if there is there any way that the URL into the list archive for an email message could be appended to that email message before it goes out? I'm constantly wanting to refer to an email across lists with a URL but that requires me to s

Re: [whatwg] finding a number...

2006-12-13 Thread J. King
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:13:10 -0500, Mikko Rantalainen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It would fail for numbers such as 1,234,456.789,012 1.234.456,789.012 but that such formats used in any locale? It would also fail for integers, which are bound to be very common. -- J. King http://jking.dar

Re: [whatwg] finding a number...

2006-12-13 Thread Charles McCathieNevile
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:43:10 +0530, Mikko Rantalainen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Charles McCathieNevile wrote: On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:17:14 +0530, Henri Sivonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Dec 13, 2006, at 08:32, Charles McCathieNevile wrote: possible *and no simpler* - this is too simple

Re: [whatwg] finding a number...

2006-12-13 Thread Mikko Rantalainen
Charles McCathieNevile wrote: On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:17:14 +0530, Henri Sivonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Dec 13, 2006, at 08:32, Charles McCathieNevile wrote: possible *and no simpler* - this is too simple. Maybe assuming you can parse numbers out of text is just a dumb idea as a normativ

Re: [whatwg] finding a number...

2006-12-13 Thread Henri Sivonen
On Dec 13, 2006, at 14:24, Michel Fortin wrote: At the very least, I think find-a-number should be limited to integer numbers. But even then it'll be limited to languages using our western digits and possibly not suitable for full internationalization. Actually, with proper Unicode librar

Re: [whatwg] finding a number...

2006-12-13 Thread Michel Fortin
Le 13 déc. 2006 à 6:14, Thomas Broyer a écrit : Note that the description reads (as an "Authoring requirements" !!!): "The recommended way of giving the value is to include it as contents of the element, either as two numbers (the higher number represents the maximum, the other number the cur

Re: [whatwg] finding a number...

2006-12-13 Thread Thomas Broyer
2006/12/13, Henri Sivonen: The attributes [on the meter and progress elements] always work for any language. For English, the textContent works as a *bonus*. It isn't that the spec fails to work for non-English. It is just that a particular *redundant* bonus feature doesn't work for non-English.

Re: [whatwg] finding a number...

2006-12-13 Thread Charles McCathieNevile
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:17:14 +0530, Henri Sivonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Dec 13, 2006, at 08:32, Charles McCathieNevile wrote: How can this be dealt with without making the parsing dependent on lang and requiring the UAs to implement all-encompassing CLDR-aware number parsing? It c