On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Serhiy Storchaka <storch...@gmail.com> wrote: > 18.07.13 20:48, Guido van Rossum написав(ла): > >> I believe there are only a few places where en-dashes should be used, >> for most things you should use either em-dash or hyphen. Consult your >> trusted typography source (for US English, please, punctuation >> preferences vary by locale). E.g. Google for "em dash en dash". > > > Currently Python documentation in most cases uses en-dashes. Should we > replace them to em-dashes? Should we remove spaces around dashes?
This may well be a relic from times when in typewritten text there were really only two types of dashes: a short one, typed as a hyphen, used for both hyphen and en-dash (and minus sign), and a long one, typed as two hyphens, used for em-dash. I suspect at some point the conversion to HTML or typeset text changed so that two hyphens mean en-dash and three mean em-dash, and few people noticed (and nobody really wants to type three hyphens except for a handful of typographical nuts). > Or we should replace a half-dozen of em-dashes found in Python documentation > to en-dashes? If my theory is right that makes sense. Especially if it's only a half-dozen. > I believe all hypens used in place of dash should be replaced to dash (but > to en- or em- dash?) in any case. But I wouldn't go change hundreds of hyphens -- chances are that you get bored reviewing the scripted automation you're using and break a few places. I'd say there are more important things to fix in the docs (like writing better overviews for many modules and classes). If we have a writing guide for the Python docs it would be useful to add something about dash types though. And if we don't have a writing guide, perhaps it makes sense to start one? -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
