[bksvol-discuss] Re: ellipsis
- From: "Jane Jordan" <juanitatighan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:59:41 -0600
I prefer no spaces in the elipses. I was always taught to write them that
way. I do it in print, too.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 5:16 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: ellipsis
> O.K. Back to the drawing board. (grin). I guess this
> is something else we should get a consensus on --
> which way the majority of Braille users prefer. (Maybe
> alternating? Just kidding)
>
> Cindy
>
> -- Paula and James Muysenberg
> <outofsightlife@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi, Scott,
> >
> > You may want to consider leaving ellipses the
> > way you find them, rather
> > than taking out spaces. The reason I say this is
> > that I've run into the
> > opposite problem Jana mentioned. When I read a text
> > file on my Braille Lite,
> > using View in Grade 2 mode, ellipses are not
> > translated properly unless the
> > spaces are there. Since it sounds like various
> > braille translators may
> > handle ellipses differently, it might be best not to
> > change them.
> >
> > Just a thought. Paula
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Scott Blanks" <scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 1:12 AM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: ellipsis
> >
> >
> > > Hey there Jana and Cindy,
> > >
> > > Thanks to both of you for your input. So, I plan
> > to find and eliminate
> > all
> > > the spaces in any ellipsis I find from this point
> > on. As has been
> > > mentioned, Braille always has those three periods
> > together, so I'll get
> > rid
> > > of them now in order to avoid any potential
> > trouble.
> > >
> > > Thanks again,
> > > Scott
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Jana Jackson" <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 4:00 AM
> > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: ellipsis
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi, Scott and Cindy! I've heard two schools of
> > thought on this. <Smile>
> > > > Basically, it doesn't seem to matter, one way or
> > the other. However,
> > just
> > > > as an FYI, in Braille, it looks much better to
> > eliminate the spaces,
> > even
> > > > though they are included in the print edition.
> > That's the way they are
> > > > translated. However, the Braille translation
> > software doesn't always
> > > > translate them correctly when the spaces are
> > included. Sorry if this
> > > > doesn't make sense... It's 3 A.M. my time!
> > <Smile> Take care!
> > > >
> > > > Jana
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 2:37 AM
> > > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: ellipsis
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> Scott,
> > > >>
> > > >> Technically, there should be a space between
> > each of
> > > >> the dots. If the ellipses comes at the end of a
> > > >> complete sentence, the three spaced dots come
> > after
> > > >> the period.
> > > >>
> > > >> In some books there seem to be no dots, but
> > that may
> > > >> be because the font is small and they're there
> > but it
> > > >> just doesn't seem like it. In most books the
> > spaces
> > > >> are there. I just looked in one and the spaces
> > are
> > > >> there.
> > > >>
> > > >> Cindy
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> -- Scott Blanks <scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>> Hi all,
> > > >>>
> > > >>> I'm currently scanning a book which makes
> > frequent
> > > >>> use of the ellipsis, i.e. three periods. My
> > > >>> question is simply this: how does an ellipsis
> > appear
> > > >>> in print? Is it three periods together, three
> > > >>> periods with spaces between, or something
> > else? In
> > > >>> this novel, when the ellipsis appears, the
> > Openbook
> > > >>> program will put it one way in one instance,
> > and a
> > > >>> different way the next time it appears.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Thanks for your assistance,
> > > >>> Scott Blanks
> > > >>> mailto:sblanks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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