Re: lynx-dev LYNX: SINGLE-hyphen vs EM-dash vs "&151"?

[dickey]

> 
> At this addr, with this html: 
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> http://www.motherjones.com/news_wire/parrish3.html   
> address@hidden 
>  
>  
> their political will—not to be confused with justice—is done. 
> Unfortunately  
>  
>  
> , it comes out as "political will-not to be confused with justice-is done". 
>  
> Whose fault?  Theirs (choosing 151) or lynx's (displaying it)? 
>  
> Of course, it SHOULD display (with proper english style) as 
> "--" in lynx (preferably with surrounding spaces, making it easier 
> to read in ascii-output). 

it SHOULD (but I thought about using em-dash a short while ago and found
that lynx isn't the only program that doesn't display it - iirc, IE 3 and
NS 4).  It'd be fine for Lynx to implement it though.


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Thomas E. Dickey
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