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Re: Backporting doc changes to stable/2.10 [was: Re: Docs check-translat
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Han-Wen Nienhuys |
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Re: Backporting doc changes to stable/2.10 [was: Re: Docs check-translation] |
Date: |
Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:11:46 +0100 |
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Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20061219) |
Graham Percival escreveu:
> Jean-Charles wrote:
>> All the documents that I have read about typography and "good use"
>> show examples introduced with a colon (:) throughout their content.
>> So I think it is normal French typography to do like this.
>
> To be honest, I'm not certain where the no-colon rule came from. I just
> checked a few technical books lying around (I'm in a lab) and they
> sometimes used colons.
>
> Not that I consider blogs to be authoritative, but this article makes
> sense to me:
> http://www.megginson.com/blogs/quoderat/2005/12/23/mind-your-colons/
FWIW, I learned the 'avoid colons' rule both from an editor at GNU press
and the famous mathematician Paul Halmos.
Rules may be different in other languages, of course.
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- Docs check-translation, John Mandereau, 2007/01/03
- Re: Docs check-translation, Graham Percival, 2007/01/03
- Backporting doc changes to stable/2.10 [was: Re: Docs check-translation], John Mandereau, 2007/01/04
- Re: Backporting doc changes to stable/2.10 [was: Re: Docs check-translation], John Mandereau, 2007/01/07
- Re: Backporting doc changes to stable/2.10 [was: Re: Docs check-translation], Graham Percival, 2007/01/07
- Re: Backporting doc changes to stable/2.10 [was: Re: Docs check-translation], John Mandereau, 2007/01/07
- Re: Backporting doc changes to stable/2.10 [was: Re: Docs check-translation], Jean-Charles, 2007/01/08
- Re: Backporting doc changes to stable/2.10 [was: Re: Docs check-translation], Graham Percival, 2007/01/08
- Re: Backporting doc changes to stable/2.10 [was: Re: Docs check-translation],
Han-Wen Nienhuys <=
- Re: Backporting doc changes to stable/2.10 [was: Re: Docs check-translation], John Mandereau, 2007/01/09