Hi Branden, > The \z+o status quo seems to follow a pattern that makes sense for > modified letterforms, i.e., \z'a; on a 7-bit ASCII, non-overstriking > device, you want the "a" to "win", because it carries the more > important semantic information.
Agreed. > That reasoning does not hold for bullet substitutes, which simply need > to stand out graphically (your argument for not using a middle dot or > centered period, which may be as small as one pixel on some devices), > and not be semantically confusable with text. I think o is a better match to the intention than +. I can see o and realise it's a bullet whereas if I see + then I wonder if it is signifying addition to something, e.g. a list of items, each starting with +, suggests all of them whereas the items might actually be choose-1-from-N. I don't think this issue used to crop up much when ASCII was common as - was used, just as with typewriters. -- Cheers, Ralph.
