RE: "Unprintable characters" in dialog box

Subject: RE: "Unprintable characters" in dialog box
From: WJCarpenter (bill-abisource@carpenter.ORG)
Date: Sat Jul 29 2000 - 17:50:19 CDT

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After I made this suggestion (below), there was some discussion but no
real conclusion (I think). So, let me ask/state it this way: If I
don't hear any objections, I'd like to submit a patch in a few days to
change the text to be "Invisible layout marks".

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wjc> In the dialog box for Tools->Options->View, there is an item:
wjc> 	DLG_Options_Label_ViewUnprintable
wjc> The English text for this item is (View...) "Unprintable characters".
wjc> This seems like a real misnomer because what it really does is control 
wjc> the secret formating goop, including the crop marks for margins,
wjc> glyphs where spaces are displayed, etc.  The one thing it doesn't
wjc> control is the display of characters with zero-width glyphs in the
wjc> current font, which is sort of what it sounds like it does.
wjc> I propose we change this to something more meaningful.  Perhaps
wjc> "Invisible layout marks" or "Invisible formating marks".

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