On Sunday, February 17, 2019 3:24 PM, Anthony J. Bentley wrote:
> ` and ' are not directional quotes in ASCII output. They are grave
> accent and straight quote. This was common practice historically
> and is almost universal now. Drawing ` and ' symmetrically as if they
> were directional quotes
On Sunday, February 17, 2019 2:30 PM, Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote:
> The expression "modernize" in this context has a manipulative
> character. Who wants to be against "modernization"!
I think we’ve used “modernise” vs. “traditional” to describe how some of
us thought various output devices ren
Bjarni Ingi Gislason writes:
> This issue is about a change, ( \(oq to ' for ascii and latin1 only )
> which is
>
> 1) a falsification, namely changing directional quotes to undirectional
> ones.
` and ' are not directional quotes in ASCII output. They are grave
accent and straight quote. This w
The expression "modernize" in this context has a manipulative
character. Who wants to be against "modernization"!
This issue is about a change, ( \(oq to ' for ascii and latin1 only )
which is
1) a falsification, namely changing directional quotes to undirectional
ones.
2) making a distinct
