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John Cowan cowan at ccil.org
Fri Feb 26 01:57:59 GMT 2021
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On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 5:25 PM Sean Conner <sean at conman.org> wrote:
tag = '@art' / '@code' / '@data' / '@poem'
We now know what the benefit of @art is. What are the advantages of theother three over no tag?
``` @code
x = 5
```
Shouldn't this be read as if it were "ex equals five"?
> cat > ``` > Right. > ``` @data Price list > widget 3.45 > gadget 5.99 > fob 1.99 > ``` > Shouldn't this be read as "widget one ninety-nine (pause) gadget fiveninety-nine (pause) fob one ninety-nine"? How might a visual browserrender it differently? > > ``` @poem > There once was a person from Nantucket ... > ``` How might a visual browser render this differently? The '@tag' format marks out the tag, which I expressly limited to just > four categories for simplicity---one to mark ASCII (or maybe UTF-8?) art, > UTF-8 for sure, although some characters aren't monowidth even in monowidthfonts. John Cowan http://vrici.lojban.org/~cowan cowan at ccil.org"But I am the real Strider, fortunately," he said, looking down at themwith his face softened by a sudden smile. "I am Aragorn son of Arathorn,and if by life or death I can save you, I will."-------------- next part --------------An HTML attachment was scrubbed...URL: <https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/attachments/20210225/fd830374/attachment.htm>