Doug, Doug Ewell wrote:
> Second, in trying to answer Cristina's question, some of us fell into > the trap once again of assuming that all text is fancy text, or can be > shoehorned into a fancy-text model. This is simply not true. Not every > text problem can be solved with markup, nor should it. A superscripted > MR is not the same as an unsuperscripted MR "except for presentation > formatting." At the least, we should ask before assuming that the text > in question is HTML or XML. Naahhh. Given that superscript-MR is not in Unicode, and that superscript is easily done in markup, and without any other context, it was a reasonable suggestion, and if it doesn't apply, the questioner can come back for more, as happened. Markup wasn't suggested as the only solution just a way to go. Asking, would have potentially delayed things. And now here we are with nothing better than the suggestion to use the registration symbol anyway... tex -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Tex Texin cell: +1 781 789 1898 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Xen Master http://www.i18nGuy.com XenCraft http://www.XenCraft.com Making e-Business Work Around the World -------------------------------------------------------------
