Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 01:21:24 +0100 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> To: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: docs/78240: Replace <literal> with <quote> around a # Message-ID: <20050302002124.GD50779@abigail.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <20050301185553.36c14c16@mobile.pittgoth.com> References: <200503011340.j21DeKHe048812@freefall.freebsd.org> <20050301182651.2b8ce710@mobile.pittgoth.com> <20050301234702.GC50779@abigail.blackend.org> <20050301185553.36c14c16@mobile.pittgoth.com>
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On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 06:55:53PM -0500, Tom Rhodes wrote: > > > > I'm not sure there is a rule for a single character. > > > > > > If you want to stress the importance or abnormal appearance of > > > a character, then quote is good. > > > > > > I'm also debating the usefulness of this patch. > > > > > > > Really? > [I was joking with the "really" :) anyway, my jokes are weird at 1am :) ] > Yep. I mean, we use literal everywhere else. There shouldn't > really be a reason to quote the specific character. > > In all honesty, I guess it depends on how you look at it. > In fact I was wondering about a typographic rule, I was wondering if people used to put quotes cause they could not "emphasize" the character via any rendering. I just looked at a (french) typographic book, it seems (nothing is stated) they use quotes for a single character, on another typographic book no quotes... I will reread them on tomorrow morning. Marc
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