| Martin - Subject: Re: Re: Re: question marks :-) ( May 11, 2001, 15:02:02 ) |
In Windows' version of ASCII-compatible encoding, the question mark (?) and the single quote (') are swapped. Yes, it makes the author look as a moron, but Windows users won't notice that. Not quite - MS Word extends (that word again) the standard ASCII character set with their own entries for things like quotes and apostrophes - eg the inappropriately named "Smart Quotes". However when exporting as HTML they DO NOT FIX THEM, so these nonstandard characters pollute web pages. Of course when viewing on a Windows system which also supports these nonstandard characters, everything looks fine. So the Economist (and a few of the talkbacks above) were written in Word or similar MSware, without having Smart Quotes disabled (its buried in the Tools menu someplace.) More info here: http://www.fourmilab.ch/webtools/demoroniser/ |
| Kevin Reichard - Subject: Re: Re: Re: question marks :-) ( May 11, 2001, 15:08:28 ) |
| > It is simple. > > In Windows' version of ASCII-compatible encoding, the question mark (?) and the single quote (') are swapped. Yes, it makes the author look as a moron, but Windows users won't notice that. Actually, smart quotes are not limited to Windows. Corel WordPerfect on Linux supports them as well. The extension of the ASCII set is not a Microsoft invention. --Kevin |
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