Re: Attn: Tom Dickey Re: lynx-dev superscript bugs

[Thomas Dickey]

On Sat, Aug 10, 2002 at 03:44:54AM -0700, Steve White wrote:
> I have modified the file 'src/chrtrans/def7_uni.tbl' so that the 
> names of Greek SGML entities (such as 'alpha") will be displayed 
> rather than Roman transliterations ( 'a' for alpha ).
> 
> I will post the file to the group presently.  Please let me know if 
> there are any problems with including these changes in the next release.

unless there's serious disagreement (technical issues) from the other
people on the mailing list, I tend to put changes in (unless I find it
doesn't work properly).  No one's commented, so I'd give a qualified
yes.
 
> Note especially U+0391 through U+03c9.
> 
> Remember, the argument is that no Web page author is going to put 
> the SGML entity 'α' into their page, and approve of it being 
> rendered as 'a'.  They always mean for the Greek letter to be distinct 
> from the Roman one.  So it's better to display the name of the Greek 
> letter than a transliteration to a Roman letter.
> 
> 
> 
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