Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN

2014-02-06 Thread Rustom Mody
On Friday, February 7, 2014 12:59:19 AM UTC+5:30, Robert Kern wrote: > When I looked at it earlier today, I got a default "cannot find this glyph" > box > instead of the chain icon. I assumed that is what Rustom was referring to. > It's working for me now. Yes I was getting unicode number-box

Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN

2014-02-06 Thread Robert Kern
On 2014-02-06 17:23, Chris Angelico wrote: On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 11:23 PM, Rustom Mody wrote: On Tuesday, February 4, 2014 8:51:25 PM UTC+5:30, jmf wrote: Useless and really ugly. Evidently one can do worse: http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.html#requirements Aside from

Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN (was: generator slides review and Python doc (+/- text bug))

2014-02-06 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 11:23 PM, Rustom Mody wrote: > On Tuesday, February 4, 2014 8:51:25 PM UTC+5:30, jmf wrote: > >> Useless and really ugly. > > Evidently one can do worse: > > http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.html#requirements Aside from using a little "chain link" icon rath

Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN (was: generator slides review and Python doc (+/- text bug))

2014-02-06 Thread wxjmfauth
Le jeudi 6 février 2014 13:23:03 UTC+1, Rustom Mody a écrit : > On Tuesday, February 4, 2014 8:51:25 PM UTC+5:30, jmf wrote: > > > > > Useless and really ugly. > > > > Evidently one can do worse: > > > > http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.html#requirements or http://cx-free

Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN (was: generator slides review and Python doc (+/- text bug))

2014-02-06 Thread Rustom Mody
On Tuesday, February 4, 2014 8:51:25 PM UTC+5:30, jmf wrote: > Useless and really ugly. Evidently one can do worse: http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.html#requirements -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN

2014-02-05 Thread wxjmfauth
Le mercredi 5 février 2014 16:23:01 UTC+1, Ned Batchelder a écrit : > On 2/5/14 9:41 AM, wxjmfa...@gmail.com wrote: > > > If you put the FSR on the table. > > > I think I have a very correct vision of what Unicode > > > should be and*is*. (*) > > > I belong to those who know that latin-1 is unu

Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN

2014-02-05 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 05/02/2014 14:41, wxjmfa...@gmail.com wrote: Please stop sending double line spaced messages, just follow the instructions here https://wiki.python.org/moin/GoogleGroupsPython to prevent this happening, thanks. -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what y

Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN

2014-02-05 Thread Ned Batchelder
On 2/5/14 9:41 AM, wxjmfa...@gmail.com wrote: If you put the FSR on the table. I think I have a very correct vision of what Unicode should be and*is*. (*) I belong to those who know that latin-1 is unusable for more than ten European languages based on latin scripts. Today, one can add German to

Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN

2014-02-05 Thread wxjmfauth
Le mercredi 5 février 2014 00:18:35 UTC+1, Terry Reedy a écrit : > On 2/4/2014 10:21 AM, wxjmfa...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > >> I was able to discover that link by opening the page, highlighting the > > >> section header with my mouse, then clicking the pilcrow. That gives > > >> me the anchor

Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN

2014-02-04 Thread Chris Angelico
On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Terry Reedy wrote: > PS. I agree that the pilcrow appearing and disappearing is not pretty when I > am not looking to use it. I happen to think that is it tolerable because it > is sometimes useful. Yes, it's not perfect. But neither are the obvious alternatives:

Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN

2014-02-04 Thread Terry Reedy
On 2/4/2014 6:24 PM, Terry Reedy wrote: On 2/4/2014 2:19 PM, andrea crotti wrote: 2014-02-04 : Useless and really ugly. I think this whole discussion is rather useless. I agree that responding to Jim's generalized statements such as 'useless' are either sincere personal opinions that are

Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN

2014-02-04 Thread Terry Reedy
On 2/4/2014 2:19 PM, andrea crotti wrote: 2014-02-04 : Useless and really ugly. I think this whole discussion is rather useless. I agree that responding to Jim's generalized statements such as 'useless' are either sincere personal opinions that are true with respect to himself, delusiona

Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN

2014-02-04 Thread Terry Reedy
On 2/4/2014 10:21 AM, wxjmfa...@gmail.com wrote: I was able to discover that link by opening the page, highlighting the section header with my mouse, then clicking the pilcrow. That gives me the anchor link to that section header. Useless and really ugly. Jim, when you say 'useless', please

Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN

2014-02-04 Thread Terry Reedy
On 2/4/2014 1:20 PM, Ned Batchelder wrote: On 2/4/14 10:21 AM, wxjmfa...@gmail.com wrote: > >I was able to discover that link by opening the page, highlighting the >section header with my mouse, then clicking the pilcrow. That gives >me the anchor link to that section header. > Useless and r

Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN (was: generator slides review and Python doc (+/- text bug))

2014-02-04 Thread andrea crotti
2014-02-04 : > Le mardi 4 février 2014 15:39:54 UTC+1, Jerry Hill a écrit : > > Useless and really ugly. > I think this whole discussion is rather useless instead, why do you care since you're not going to use this tool anyway? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN

2014-02-04 Thread Peter Otten
Michael Torrie wrote: > On 02/04/2014 08:21 AM, wxjmfa...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> Useless and really ugly. > > How do you recommend we discover the anchor links for linking to? Why not the whole header? Click anywhere on 7.2.1. Regular Expression Syntax instead of the tiny ¶ symbol beside it.

Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN

2014-02-04 Thread Jim Gibson
In article , Michael Torrie wrote: > On 02/04/2014 08:21 AM, wxjmfa...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > Useless and really ugly. > > How do you recommend we discover the anchor links for linking to? Use the Table Of Contents panel on the left? -- Jim Gibson -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listin

Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN

2014-02-04 Thread Ned Batchelder
On 2/4/14 10:21 AM, wxjmfa...@gmail.com wrote: > >I was able to discover that link by opening the page, highlighting the >section header with my mouse, then clicking the pilcrow. That gives >me the anchor link to that section header. > Useless and really ugly. I'm not sure why you would desc

Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN

2014-02-04 Thread Chris Angelico
On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 2:31 AM, Michael Torrie wrote: > On 02/04/2014 08:21 AM, wxjmfa...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> Useless and really ugly. > > How do you recommend we discover the anchor links for linking to? Same way you usually do! By right clicking, hitting "View Source", and poking around unti

Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN

2014-02-04 Thread Michael Torrie
On 02/04/2014 08:21 AM, wxjmfa...@gmail.com wrote: > > Useless and really ugly. How do you recommend we discover the anchor links for linking to? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN (was: generator slides review and Python doc (+/- text bug))

2014-02-04 Thread wxjmfauth
Le mardi 4 février 2014 15:39:54 UTC+1, Jerry Hill a écrit : > On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 1:51 AM, wrote: > > > I got it. If I'm visiting a page like this: > > > > > > http://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/index.html#the-python-tutorial > > > > > > 1) To read the page, I'm scrolling down. > > > 2)

Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN (was: generator slides review and Python doc (+/- text bug))

2014-02-04 Thread Jerry Hill
On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 1:51 AM, wrote: > I got it. If I'm visiting a page like this: > > http://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/index.html#the-python-tutorial > > 1) To read the page, I'm scrolling down. > 2) When I have finished to read the page, I scroll up > (or scroll back/up) to the top of the pa

Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN (was: generator slides review and Python doc (+/- text bug))

2014-02-03 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 5:51 PM, wrote: > 2) When I have finished to read the page, I scroll up > (or scroll back/up) to the top of the page until I see > this "feature" and the title. > 3) I click on this "feature". > 4) The title, already visible, moves, let's say, "2cm" higher. At which point

Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN (was: generator slides review and Python doc (+/- text bug))

2014-02-03 Thread wxjmfauth
Le lundi 3 février 2014 23:56:43 UTC+1, Ben Finney a écrit : > Rotwang writes: > > > > > Why on Earth would the ["¶", U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN] correspond to an > > > EOL? The section sign and pilcrow have a history of being used to > > > refer to sections and paragraphs respectively, so using the

[OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN (was: generator slides review and Python doc (+/- text bug))

2014-02-03 Thread Ben Finney
Rotwang writes: > Why on Earth would the [“¶”, U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN] correspond to an > EOL? The section sign and pilcrow have a history of being used to > refer to sections and paragraphs respectively, so using them for > permalinks to individual sections of a web page makes perfect sense. Symbo