Re: Records
Re: Records
- Subject: Re: Records
- From: Nigel Garvey <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 20:59:53 +0000
Paul Berkowitz wrote on Wed, 28 Feb 2001 10:53:16 -0800:
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On 2/28/01 10:24 AM, "Olof" <email@hidden> wrote:
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> where
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> <right-chevron> is option backslash
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> <left-chevron> is shift option backslash
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This is a new one for me. It just seems more confusing, I would have thought
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that
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left-chevron is option backslash --pointing leftwards, like <<
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right-chevron is shift option backslash -- pointing right like >>
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but I really have no idea if they are named the other way by someone
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somewhere. Is there somewhere particular you got those names, Olof?
I think it's because they're used as quotes in some European languages. I
have a few novels in German, where the characters' speech is rendered
like this:
>>Nein<<, sagte sie kurz und entschieden, >>ich lausche nicht.<<
NG