- From: Christopher R. Maden <crm@eps.inso.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 14:19:11 GMT
- To: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
[Michael Sperberg-McQueen] > In my set of imaginary locators posted just now, form 'c' was > intended to use a circumflex to separate the URL path from the TEI > extended-pointer portion of the locator. Somewhere along the way, a > helpful piece of software appears to have translated it into a '5' > instead, though I cannot tell you how or why. My apologies; please > translate it back, mentally at least. Indeed? I saw it as a micron symbol. An excellent argument against this character. I know from experience that the circumflex, the pipe, and the not sign are extremely unstable on IBM mainframes (trading places as one switches terminals). We have here existence proof that such unstable systems are in use; a much safer character must be chosen. -Chris -- Christopher R. Maden One Richmond Square DynaText SIT Technical Support Providence, RI 02906 USA Inso Corporation +1.401.421.9550 (voice) Electronic Publishing Solutions +1.401.521.2030 (facsimile)
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