Re: Slight typographical improvements to README-release

2012-06-11 Thread Reuben Thomas
On 29 May 2012 16:01, Paul Eggert wrote: > On 05/29/2012 06:11 AM, Reuben Thomas wrote: >> I find UTF-8 to be a great boon precisely for making plain >> text more legible. > > UTF-8 is sometimes necessary and usually works, but even today > it fails often enough that I'd rather avoid it if it's >

Re: Slight typographical improvements to README-release

2012-05-29 Thread Paul Eggert
On 05/29/2012 06:11 AM, Reuben Thomas wrote: > I find UTF-8 to be a great boon precisely for making plain > text more legible. UTF-8 is sometimes necessary and usually works, but even today it fails often enough that I'd rather avoid it if it's merely a minor style issue such as arrows. For examp

Re: Slight typographical improvements to README-release

2012-05-29 Thread Jim Meyering
Reuben Thomas wrote: > On 29 May 2012 10:24, Jim Meyering wrote: >> >> Thanks, inserting newlines is fine, but I'd rather avoid the non-ascii >> arrows. > > Really? I find UTF-8 to be a great boon precisely for making plain > text more legible. That arrow is not legible using the (small) fonts I

Re: Slight typographical improvements to README-release

2012-05-29 Thread Reuben Thomas
On 29 May 2012 10:24, Jim Meyering wrote: > > Thanks, inserting newlines is fine, but I'd rather avoid the non-ascii arrows. Really? I find UTF-8 to be a great boon precisely for making plain text more legible. > BTW, there is a "Submit News" button on a project's front page. > (at least when th

Re: Slight typographical improvements to README-release

2012-05-29 Thread Jim Meyering
Reuben Thomas wrote: > The following makes README-release slightly easier to read, in > particular tweaking a Savannah instruction. > >>From b5e8e05c3c1f112f5fdb96a826b8d0cba0588459 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Reuben Thomas > Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 09:09:28 +0100 > Subject: [PATCH] README-rel

Slight typographical improvements to README-release

2012-05-29 Thread Reuben Thomas
The following makes README-release slightly easier to read, in particular tweaking a Savannah instruction. >From b5e8e05c3c1f112f5fdb96a826b8d0cba0588459 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Reuben Thomas Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 09:09:28 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] README-release: make it more legible * top