Re: [xml-dev] Character Entities: An XML Core WG View

From
Elliotte Rusty Harold <>
To
Rick Jelliffe <>,
Date
2002-11-01T18:29:18Z
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<p04330100b9e8779579a5@[192.168.254.4]>
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Re: [xml-dev] Character Entities: An XML Core WG View
At 2:41 AM +1100 11/2/02, Rick Jelliffe wrote:

>Do we really think people will type &GREEK_SMALL_LETTER_ALPHA;
>rather than  &alpha;  ?   Or
>
>   Martin D&LATIN_SMALL_LETTER_U_WITH_DIAESERIS;erst
>
>rather than Martin D&uuml;erst.
>
>Let alone
>
>&LEFT-POINTING_DOUBLE_ANGLE_QUOTATION_MARK;ecart&RIGHT-POINTING_DOUBLE_ANGLE_QUOTATION_MARK;
>
>instead of   &laquo;ecart&raquo;


It varies. I can remember &alpha; through &omega; and &Alpha; through 
&Omega;. I can normally remember &eacute;, &aacute;, and a few 
others. However, I always have to look up ones like &uuml; and 
&laquo; whereas I could plausibly guess 
&LATIN_SMALL_LETTER_U_WITH_DIAERESIS; and 
&LEFT-POINTING_DOUBLE_ANGLE_QUOTATION_MARK;
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