From: John Cowan (jcowan@reutershealth.com)
Date: Wed Oct 02 2002 - 15:22:38 EDT
Rick McGowan scripsit:
> Both (recent) Windows
*Very* recent, which many have not yet adopted.
> Both platforms also have other means,
> such as the "Character Map" utility of Windows...
Using which is a great pain in the rear.
> (BTW, I agree with Mark about those ISO 14755 abbreviations... They aren't
> very "mnemonic". Many people have the charts available, so there is no
> great advantage to using mnemonics over simply using numbers or palettes.)
They are easy to type, and what is more, easy to proofread. (This is the
same argument I just made defending the ISO/SGML named character entities.)
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