On 07/02/2000 09:16:36 AM <dewell@compuserve.com> wrote:
>The problem with the phrase "plain text ceases to be plain if you decide
that
>layout information needs to be encoded" is the word "layout." In the
broadest
>sense, line and paragraph separation could be considered "layout," and
nobody
>would suggest doing away with the plain-text characters needed to control
those
>functions.
Line separation is layout, but paragraph separation is part of the semantic
content.
- Peter
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Peter Constable
Non-Roman Script Initiative, SIL International
7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd., Dallas, TX 75236, USA
Tel: +1 972 708 7485
E-mail: <peter_constable@sil.org>
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