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From: Nicolas Alvarez
Subject: Re: Ah, history
Date: 20 Jul 2008 18:27:30
Message: <4883bbd2@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> ...and THIS is why I'm reluctant to buy a new phone. Who would want to
> pay money for something that runs an M$ OS? :-S
> 

Get an iPhone then.


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From: Warp
Subject: Re: Ah, history
Date: 20 Jul 2008 19:21:37
Message: <4883c881@news.povray.org>
Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> In HTML, I always know if the cursor is before or after a tag :)

  Except that XML and its derivatives are hyperverbose and suck. The only
reason for the hyperverbosity is to make it easier for *programs* to
interpret the input, not for *humans*.

  If you want more reasonable markupped documents, designed more for human
readability, use LaTeX.

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                                                          - Warp


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From: Warp
Subject: Re: Ah, history
Date: 20 Jul 2008 19:22:35
Message: <4883c8bb@news.povray.org>
Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> > ...and THIS is why I'm reluctant to buy a new phone. Who would want to
> > pay money for something that runs an M$ OS? :-S
> > 

> Get an iPhone then.

  But the iPhone is basically an Apple computer, and nobody uses Apple
computers.

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                                                          - Warp


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From: Nicolas Alvarez
Subject: Re: Ah, history
Date: 20 Jul 2008 19:43:23
Message: <4883cd9a@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
> and nobody uses Apple computers.

Ah, true.


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From: scott
Subject: Re: Ah, history
Date: 21 Jul 2008 03:49:02
Message: <48843f6e$1@news.povray.org>
> Type "hello world". Make "hello" bold. If you put the cursor after the 'o'
> in 'hello', and type a space and another word, will it be bold or not?

One of the following will let you know:

1) Remember that in Word when you type, the formatting is the same as what 
is to the left of the cursor
2) Look to see if the "B" is "pressed" or not in the toolbar
3) Have the "Show Formatting" button pressed, so you can see if your space 
was bold or not

> Type "hello world". Make "world" bold. Delete "world". Now nothing seems 
> to
> be bold, but if you type something else, will it be bold or not?

Of course not.  Unless you didn't just make "world" bold, but the 
space/linefeed after it too, and then only deleted the word, of course then 
leaving a space/linefeed in bold.

> In HTML, I always know if the cursor is before or after a tag :)

In Word, each character has a format associated with it, including spaces 
and returns.  Delete the character, the formatting goes with it.  Start 
typing, you get the format of the character to the left.  It's not hard to 
understand.


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From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Re: Ah, history
Date: 22 Jul 2008 14:18:29
Message: <48862475$1@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:

>   Except that XML and its derivatives are hyperverbose and suck. The only
> reason for the hyperverbosity is to make it easier for *programs* to
> interpret the input, not for *humans*.
> 
>   If you want more reasonable markupped documents, designed more for human
> readability, use LaTeX.

I disagree. I think *some* examples of XML suck, while others are more 
or less OK. XHTML isn't too bad, but MathML is just insane... I haven't 
tried personally, but I think SVG lies somewhere inbetween.

-- 
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*


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From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Re: Ah, history
Date: 22 Jul 2008 14:20:32
Message: <488624f0$1@news.povray.org>
>> and nobody uses Apple computers.
> 
> Ah, true.

I'm more worried about the price, actually. ;-)

-- 
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*


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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Ah, history
Date: 29 Jul 2008 13:58:28
Message: <488f5a44@news.povray.org>
Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> Type "hello world". Make "hello" bold. If you put the cursor after the 'o'
> in 'hello', and type a space and another word, will it be bold or not?

Ever use WordStar? :-)

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
  Helpful housekeeping hints:
   Check your feather pillows for holes
    before putting them in the washing machine.


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