I don't have them on my keyboard. why do I have to use charmap to type in dates on a regualr release?
like on russian or japanese releases one needs to be careful and use correct uniode
and what do you mean "date ranges" ?
ojnkpjg
1995-2005
things like that
places where it's grammatically correct to use an en-dash
chocomo
and what if the line on the cover is really short?
sould I still use the endash?
ojnkpjg
i would
chocomo
well I wouldn't
seeing as I hadn't heard of en dashes or em dashes or whathaveyoudashes until i came here
never heard of 'use a differmnt type of line betwene numbers in a range' never
ojnkpjg
sometimes you can't tell if it's an en-dash or a hypen in print, depending on the font
chocomo
no such rule in norwegian
ojnkpjg
but en-dash is correct grammar
hypen is wrong
chocomo
its all called bindestrek
ojnkpjg
hyphen, too
chocomo
and thats what we use
ojnkpjg
do you have em-dash?
tru
we have em-dash.
(in swedish)
chocomo
and saying use soem obscure type thign you need to use charmap for just because its gramamtically corect some place will make non english users very confused
inhouseuk
ojnkpjg: unfortunately, that would force unicode on everything that used date ranges and would compromise compatabilty
chocomo
ok then exept swweds
but sweeds don't count :pp
ojnkpjg
i'd bet most english speakers have never heard of an en-dash
chocomo
not to menaiotn it soudn't be used on stuff liek a norwegian album
ojnkpjg
actually, i'm not sure if it's a grammatical rule or a typographic rule
chocomo
seeing as noone would even know about it
typograpical, definityl
meh
chocomo takes of the rant hat
sorry, but I get very stressed when it comes to stuff I havent even heard of beign markeded as a regular rule everyone sould know about, it makes me feel small :(
ojnkpjg
i wasn't marketing it as a style rule, just asking for opinions :)
chocomo
oh, ok
and I didn't mean stylerule, I mean that peopel accept this normaly as a grammar rule like 'caitlaize the first word after .'