Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 19:57:12 -0800 From: Jim Mock <jim@FreeBSD.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: quotation marks in HTML output Message-ID: <20030328035712.GA5102@soupnazi.org> In-Reply-To: <20030328030048.GA17830@gothmog.gr> References: <20030326050104.GA1514@c-303a70d5.bredbandsbolaget.se> <20030326185416.GH18515@gothmog.gr> <9ohe9oo5is.e9o@localhost.localdomain> <20030328030048.GA17830@gothmog.gr>
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On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 at 05:00:48 +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2003-03-27 13:37, "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@attbi.com> wrote: > > Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> writes: > > > For these reasons, I'd probably support switching to double quotes > > > like "...." for HTML output. But only for HTML output. > > > > Unless the FDP is trying to support some REALLY old browsers, HTML > > should use the "“" and "”" (Unicode) entities for left and > > right double quotation marks (with "‘" and "’" for the > > single versions). The FDP should not support such old browsers. > > I'm fairly sure that all Netscape and M$ browsers less than 5 years > > old support these four Unicode entities. > > Gary, this sounds like a great idea :-) > > I've replaced literal `` and '' in doc/share/sgml with these entities > and just finished a full rebuild of doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/. > > : Index: freebsd.dsl > : =================================================================== > : RCS file: /home/giorgos/cvsroot/giorgos/fx/doc/share/sgml/freebsd.dsl,v > : retrieving revision 1.1.1.2 > : diff -u -r1.1.1.2 freebsd.dsl > : --- freebsd.dsl 16 Feb 2003 22:12:04 -0000 1.1.1.2 > : +++ freebsd.dsl 28 Mar 2003 02:42:25 -0000 > : @@ -722,9 +722,9 @@ > : > : (element errorname > : (make sequence > : - <![ %output.html; [ (literal "``") ]]> > : + <![ %output.html; [ (literal "“") ]]> > : ($mono-seq$ (process-children)) > : - <![ %output.html; [ (literal "''") ]]> > : + <![ %output.html; [ (literal "'”") ]]> You've still got a ' in there ^ - jim -- - jim mock. email: mij@soupnazi.org web: http://soupnazi.org - - freebsd project: jim@FreeBSD.org opendarwin: mij@opendarwin.org -
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