Re: <q>

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 9:03 PM, Robert J Burns wrote:
>
> On Oct 29, 2008, at 2:24 PM, Daniel Glazman wrote:
>
>> Thomas Broyer wrote:
>>
>>> Er, which of the following is "correct"? (ok, no "redundancy" here, but
>>> still)
>>> <p><q>I'm tired of this,</q> he said.</p>
>>> or
>>> <p><q>I'm tired of this</q>, he said.</p>
>>
>> The latter.
>
> I agree. The text inside the q element should reflect the text actually
> quoted. The presentational idiom of having the quotation mark kerned over
> the top or even outside the trailing punctuation is something that should be
> handled at the presentational level.

So do I!

(while, however, in lights of Ben Millard's message, I'd probably
rather go with <p>"<q>I'm tired of this</q>," he said.</p>)

-- 
Thomas Broyer

Received on Wednesday, 29 October 2008 22:11:13 UTC