[Pmwiki-users] Re: meaning of §
Nils Knappmeier
nk
Fri Jun 11 05:28:03 CDT 2004
>According to The Elements of Typographic Style, it means section
>and is "the scribal form of double s, now used chiefly with
>reference to legal codes and statutes, when citing particular
>sections for reference" and ?? means sections.
>
>So it /could/ be that "??something...??" means "link to
>something on this page" (or it could be an elegant solution
>looking for a problem).
>
>
I've looked at an english keyboard here and I couldn't find the
character. Is it on there somewhere?
Because if it isn't, we shouldn't use it ;-)
Nils
>
>
>>/Christian
>>
>>--
>>Christian Ridderstr?m
>>http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
>>
>>
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