- From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:23:38 -0700
- To: Ambrose LI <ambrose.li@gmail.com>
- CC: "MURATA Makoto (FAMILY Given)" <eb2m-mrt@asahi-net.or.jp>, Alan Gresley <alan@css-class.com>, www-international@w3.org, "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
On 10/29/2010 03:34 AM, Ambrose LI wrote: > On 29 October 2010 06:24, Ambrose LI<ambrose.li@gmail.com> wrote: >> I don't think this is even a question of preference. Alan's so-called >> decimal system is extremely unnatural for han languages, and while we >> can find such use in print, it is used very sparingly as it is >> extremely difficult to read and can cause confusion. > > Perhaps I should say this is *normally* extremely difficult to read. > But I forgot to mention that there are cases that Alan's proposal > actually makes sense (e.g., when the numbers are years, telephone > numbers, serial numbers, and the like). Exactly. > Since the computer wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the > two cases, IMHO it'd be better we don't even try to convert the digits > to han numerals. IMHO it's not worth it and it's counter-productive. I would expect someone using this feature to have marked up the appropriate numbers, not to apply it to an entire paragraph. (That would be weird!) ~fantasai
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