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Re: makeinfo should quote 'like this' instead of `like this'
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: makeinfo should quote 'like this' instead of `like this' |
Date: |
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:21:45 +0200 |
> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:11:06 +0100
> From: Patrice Dumas <address@hidden>
>
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 03:47:44PM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > > Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:26:59 +0100
> > > From: Patrice Dumas <address@hidden>
> > >
> > > the Info format is implicitly left to right top to bottom...
> >
> > No, it isn't. What you meant to say is that the text in an Info file
> > is stored in the so-called "logical" (a.k.a. "reading") direction.
> > That is true; however the Info _viewer_ could very well _display_ that
> > text in any direction suitable for the language(s) or script(s) used
> > by the Info file.
>
> I didn't said anything contrary to what you say. The 'Info format' is
> indeed what corresponds to 'the text in an Info file', not what a
> viewer would show.
OK, but then what exactly did you mean to convey by saying that the
format is implicitly left to right? Text is always stored in a file
in the logical left to right order, and is processed by any program in
that order.
- Re: makeinfo should quote 'like this' instead of `like this', (continued)
- Re: makeinfo should quote 'like this' instead of `like this', Patrice Dumas, 2012/01/23
- Re: makeinfo should quote 'like this' instead of `like this', Karl Berry, 2012/01/23
- Re: makeinfo should quote 'like this' instead of `like this', Per Bothner, 2012/01/23
- Re: makeinfo should quote 'like this' instead of `like this', Karl Berry, 2012/01/24
- Re: makeinfo should quote 'like this' instead of `like this', Eli Zaretskii, 2012/01/25
- Re: makeinfo should quote 'like this' instead of `like this', Per Bothner, 2012/01/25
- Re: makeinfo should quote 'like this' instead of `like this', Patrice Dumas, 2012/01/25
- Re: makeinfo should quote 'like this' instead of `like this', Patrice Dumas, 2012/01/25
- Re: makeinfo should quote 'like this' instead of `like this', Eli Zaretskii, 2012/01/25
- Re: makeinfo should quote 'like this' instead of `like this', Patrice Dumas, 2012/01/25
- Re: makeinfo should quote 'like this' instead of `like this',
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: makeinfo should quote 'like this' instead of `like this', Patrice Dumas, 2012/01/25
- Re: makeinfo should quote 'like this' instead of `like this', Eli Zaretskii, 2012/01/25
- Re: makeinfo should quote 'like this' instead of `like this', John Darrington, 2012/01/24
- Re: makeinfo should quote 'like this' instead of `like this', Karl Berry, 2012/01/24
- Re: makeinfo should quote 'like this' instead of `like this', Patrice Dumas, 2012/01/24