[Pmwiki-users] Re: meaning of §

[Nils Knappmeier]

>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.
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>So it /could/ be that "??something...??" means "link to 
>something on this page" (or it could be an elegant solution
>looking for a problem).
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>
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

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>>/Christian
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>>-- 
>>Christian Ridderstr?m                          
>>http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
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