Re: lynx-dev LYNX: "&#151": em-dash?

[brian j. pardy]

Philip Webb wrote:
> 980903 David Combs wrote: 
> > This code:  who—he's my boss—who runs
> > comes out as  who-he's my boss-who runs .
> > maybe we should show it as "--" or, even better, as " -- ".
>  
> yes, i've noticed this regularly in one newspaper (Washington Post?).
> you're right, it should be ` -- ': that's correct secretarial style.
> 
> and while we're on it, Lynx should write  2  spaces after a full stop:
> that's also professional secretarial practice.

I don't think that lynx should be in the business of correcting
punctuational errors/preferences when it comes to text presented on the
web -- I'd much prefer to leave that to the whim of the author.

At the least, it should be a compile-time definition, IMO.

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