Re: [boost] Re: <q>quotation?</q>

From: David Abrahams (abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-11-08 10:54:48

I don't believe in writing programs I can't test.
Similarly for HTML. Am I crazy?
-Dave
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From: "David Allan Finch" <sarum_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 10:35 AM
Subject: Re: [boost] Re: <q>quotation?</q>

> Greg Colvin wrote:
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> > Not in my opinion.  I think we should stick with HTML 3.2 for now.
> >
> > From: David Abrahams <abrahams_at_[hidden]>
> > > Then it's not appropriate to translate &quot;...&quot; to <q>...</q>,
right?
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> I would do both. As it does not replace the " it is so you can
> set a style for the quote. IE all quotes shall be in itallic and
> 11 Point Times New Roman etc. This could be useful latter
> if you wish to add 'style' to your documentation ;-)
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> IE
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>     <q>"something smart that someone said" by Anon</q>
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