A Gemini-style proposal (specifically to the harm of using Unicode characters as if they were formatted ascii)

[babiak]

Oh that makes more sense. Thanks!

On 03/11/2021 19:05, DJ Chase wrote:
> Others have already said what I would say about the rest of this thread,
> so I will skip that part.
>
> On Wed, 2021-11-03 at 12:41 +0200, babiak wrote:
>>> If Gemtext can ignore the original semantics of the asterisk, the
>>> back-tick, the pound symbol, the equal symbol, and the greater-than
>>> symbol — then why can't we also do the same with those mathematical
>>> characters?
>>>
>>
>> I personally don't recall the pound symbol having any meaning in gemini,
>> I'll have to look through the spec again. However!
>
> Charles is refering to '#', not '£'. '#' is called the 'pound
> {sign,symbol}' in the telephone system.
>
>

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