Re: Chevrons again (Re: compiler directive, was (Follow-up on
Re: Chevrons again (Re: compiler directive, was (Follow-up on
- Subject: Re: Chevrons again (Re: compiler directive, was (Follow-up on
- From: "Arthur J Knapp" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 10:27:51 -0500
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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 11:20:35 +0100
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From: "Serge Belleudy-d'Espinose" <email@hidden>
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Subject: Chevrons again (Re: compiler directive, was (Follow-up on
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appletalk volume mounting))
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At 11:56 -0500 19/01/01, Arthur J Knapp wrote:
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>P.S. The characters preceeding and following "event sysodlog"
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> are option-backslash and shift-option-backslash,
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Being one of the many non-english born on this list, I feel concerned
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everytime I read this. Why not just use << and >> for displaying chevrons
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on the list, and assume not everyone can access them by option-backslash and
shift-option-backslash?
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Sorry, just my morning rant.
Don't be :)
I am not insensitive to the concerns of AppleScripter's from around
the world, (unless their names are Nigel Garvey or Shane Stanley).
Is there some reason that 21st century mail-servers must act in this
way? I mean, why not just create a new Internet protocal called, "FTP-Mail",
where 8-bit messages are passed back and forth?
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