Subject: Re: "Unprintable characters" in dialog box
From: sam th (sam@uchicago.edu)
Date: Wed Jul 12 2000 - 01:23:10 CDT
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On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, WJCarpenter wrote:
> In the dialog box for Tools->Options->View, there is an item:
>
> DLG_Options_Label_ViewUnprintable
>
> The English text for this item is (View...) "Unprintable characters".
> This seems like a real misnomer because what it really does is control
> the secret formating goop, including the crop marks for margins,
> glyphs where spaces are displayed, etc. The one thing it doesn't
> control is the display of characters with zero-width glyphs in the
> current font, which is sort of what it sounds like it does.
>
> I propose we change this to something more meaningful. Perhaps
> "Invisible layout marks" or "Invisible formating marks".
I believe that the standard name for these is "nonprinting characters",
but I may be wrong.
sam th
sam@uchicago.edu
http://www.abisource.com/~sam/
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