- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 23:41:04 +0000 (GMT)
- To: Shelby Moore <shelby@coolpage.com>
- Cc: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Shelby Moore wrote: > > So I guess you never thought of adding a end of sentence character to > Unicode or seeing if one is already defined. I doubt that many authors would want to add an EOS character at the end of their sentences as _well_ as a space (you couldn't only have one, since that wouldn't work on existing UAs). And if you could do that, why not just put in a wide space? >>> In English language a sentence ends with a period or question mark followed >>> by space(s), or end of paragraph. >> >> Nope! > > You expect me to hash out an algorithm in 15 minutes. (The exclamation mark was just an example of a sentence that didn't match your definition.) > Obviously I was just giving some initial examples. If you think > sentences can not be parsed, then add an end of sentence character. I don't think that is generally acceptable as a solution. > I was just making a suggestion. I did not propose the entire > implementation. You specifically wanted me to write something that you > could poke holes in. Not at all. I thought we were discussing the pros and cons of your proposal. That is usually how members of the CSS working group develop ideas: proposals are put forward, knocked down, put forward, knocked down, and so forth. > If you feel it is impossible/impractical to implement, then why not > just say that. I thought it better to give my reasons and try to see if they could be overcome rather than dismiss the proposal out of hand. :-) -- Ian Hickson )\._.,--....,'``. fL "meow" /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. http://index.hixie.ch/ `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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