Subject: Re: Zero-length Runs and show codes
From: WJCarpenter (bill-abisource@carpenter.ORG)
Date: Wed Feb 14 2001 - 16:28:04 CST
tf> Why can't we just use RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
tf> (0x00BB) LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK (0x00AB) and
tf> perhaps NOT SIGN (0x00AC) or REVERSED NOT SIGN (0x2310)
Ideally, you don't want to collide with real punctuation symbols, and
you want to use stuff specifically intended for this sort of mark-up.
The double angle quotation marks are used in quite a few non-English
languages. In French, they're called guillemet.
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