- From: Gavin Nicol <gtn@ebt.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 16:40:13 -0500
- To: ricko@allette.com.au
- CC: U35395@UICVM.UIC.EDU, w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
>> I18nists, speak up now. Reduce them all or not? In favor: it's >> simple behavior, it is easily understood, and all white space is >> treated the same. Against: well, I don't know whether there is any >> argument against, that's what I am asking: *is* there an argument >> against? Is the distinction between SPACE, half-width space, >> en-space, em-space, double-width space, zenkaku space, etc., to be >> preserved in a way that the distinction between SPACE and TAB is not >> preserved? > >In markup, I think that if something looks like whitespace, >it should act like whitespace and be treated as >a SEPCHAR. I think Rick's statement is something we should all note. This is the right approach: clean and obvious.
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