On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:11:55 +0100 Brian Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So I shall call it the swung dash, but I'm perfectly happy if anyone > wants to call it a tilde. I think this is one of those six-of-one half-dozen-of-the-other deals. I just did a quick Google search on this, being the snoopy sort and all that. The character in question is called a "tilde" when it is part of the ASCII character set; a swung dash (which I had honestly never heard of before this thread started) is slightly different as you described and is not actually part of the ASCII character set. This leads me to believe that a "real" swung dash is a special character that would be input into an OO document using Insert- Special Chacter, while a tilde is the character that you type directly on the keyboard. Interesting little factoid, but ultimately a bit like counting the angels on the head of a pin. I learned something from this thread and your post. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
