On Thu, Apr 16 2009, Christian Perrier wrote: > Andreas Tille a écrit : > >> I have not found any recommendation regarding this at the SRP Wiki page >> [1]. >> I vaguely remember that this Smith project was initially driven by a French >> guy who might try to push a French habit into the English world. ;-) > > Of course. Because, contrary to the world of English language, we *do* > have written rules for such cases. From the "Lexique des règles > typographiques en usage à l'Imprimerie Nationale" (which is the > reference for all typographic conventions for the French language....the > reference book of all French TeXnicians) :
Perhaps such rigidity is the reason the Lingua Franca around the world has come to be English? :-) I really do not think that needless consistency is something we should pursue. Indeed, I'll go and scable the bullet symbols I use for unsorted lists to get away from the mind numbingly boring consistency, and provide some variety for my readers. manoj -- A well-known friend is a treasure. Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/~srivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org