From: dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs)
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: unicode encoding and curly quotes [was: How to open a file in sh-mode]
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:35:35 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <gak3jn$dpt$1@reader1.panix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 44043b4c-ffad-437e-a8d4-5b049fc4d136@v16g2000prc.googlegroups.com
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In article <44043b4c-ffad-437e-a8d4-5b049fc4d136@v16g2000prc.googlegroups.com>,
Xah <xahlee@gmail.com> wrote:
>David Combs wrote:
>> Xah-- question about the characters in your posts:
>>
>> If I or someone sees eg a url in one of your posts, and
>> wants to go to that url (because you've suggested doing that,
>> maybe), it's a little difficult to just cut-n-paste your string,
>> what with all the extra control or whatever they are characters
>> mixed in.
>>
>> What is that stuff, why is it there, and is it really necessary
>> for you to include it.
>
>The summation sign “∑” in my sig is my and my website signet.
>
>in the end of my sig, there's this character “☄” (unicode name
>“comet”). It is there so that it forces groups.google.com and Apple
...
...
Well, whatever. Way over my head.
Anyway, *if* you really want *me* to go look at
some suggested url, then please do it TWO ways:
. Your current scheme, which I cannot use.
. Plain ascii, 100% ready to be cut-n-pasted into a web-browser,
with no edits needed.
Thanks,
David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-09-14 22:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <mailman.16658.1218700648.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-08-14 8:28 ` How to open a file in sh-mode Sebastian Kaps
2008-08-14 10:29 ` Xah
2008-09-11 1:35 ` David Combs
2008-09-11 22:58 ` unicode encoding and curly quotes [was: How to open a file in sh-mode] Xah
2008-09-14 22:35 ` David Combs [this message]
2008-09-15 16:28 ` unicode encoding and curly quotes Nikolaj Schumacher
2008-09-15 19:09 ` unicode encoding and curly quotes [was: How to open a file in sh-mode] Xah
2008-09-22 20:17 ` David Combs
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