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| 26.1 | Yes it does (sigh). | CLOSET::PARMENTER | | Thu Feb 26 1987 16:13 | 5 |
| Hmmmm. We thought we had fixed that. Thank you for spotting the
problem, I will add it to the list of TeX bugs.
David
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| 26.2 | Why <>? | VAXUUM::KOHLBRENNER | | Tue Mar 03 1987 12:05 | 6 |
| Why do you use angle brackets instead of square brackets?
(I know they're legal, so I am not arguing against their
use, I'm just curious as to why anyone would use them.)
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| 26.3 | reasons for <> | HAMCL1::HOFFMANN | | Tue Mar 03 1987 14:21 | 15 |
| >>> Why do you use angle brackets instead of square brackets?
Well, here in europe, a lot of people set their VT200's to
"TYPEWRITE KEYS"-mode (the usual is "DATAPROCESSING KEYS").
In this mode you don't get square brackets easily. You'll have
to know the "compose-character"-feature very well to find them.
Reason for changing to TYPEWRITER-KEYS is the support for specials
like Umlaute (in germany) ...
On the other hand, I think I saw a note a couple of month ago, where
replaceing square-brackets with angle-brackets as the VMS-default
was considered for VMS-V5 or later!
detlef.
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| 26.4 | A holdover from the past? | ATLAST::BOUKNIGHT | Everything has an outline | Tue Mar 03 1987 14:52 | 8 |
| <> were the directory characters for DECsystem 10/20s longtime ago,
if memory serves me, and were included to make transition of users
from TOPS to VMS easier. Some one correct me if I'm wrong.
You can also use the period to separate the version number from
the file extension for the same reason, I believe.
jack
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| 26.5 | TOPS20 uses <>, TOPS10 prefers [] | HAM::HOFFMANN | | Tue Mar 03 1987 17:00 | 4 |
| almost jack, you're right about TOPS20, but TOPS10 has its
PPNs in square brackets.
detlef.
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| 26.6 | There are reasons | CLOSET::KAIKOW | | Tue Mar 17 1987 19:30 | 17 |
| re: 26.2
Although the answer to 26.2 is implied by other replies, I feel duty bound to
state the following:
1. VMS does not support <> in addition to [] because earlier DEC Systems
do/did, rather [] have international graphic problems in ISO 646 (the ISO
"equivalent" to ASCII).
We need <> to sell in other countries, perhaps [] should NEVER be used.
2. A new ISO standard for 8-bit codes has been, or will shortly be, approved
that has straight ASCII in positions 0-127.
In time this will eliminate the problem of such international graphic
representations. However, for conformance and political reasons, this will
not happen overnight.
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