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No
[bar] 188/55%
$CowboyNeal;
[bar] 90/26%
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Re: Dingbats in node titles?
by Masem (Monsignor) on Feb 28, 2002 at 13:10 UTC
    The title modifications don't bother me too much, but I do offer an alternate solution. Allow each user on user settings to have a special "pre-title" field which with they can put their pre-title bits. Then, also add a setting "Node pre-titles" with options of "On", "On, ASCII-stripped" and "Off". The second option would convert any non ASCII character to a space or similar. Then, when nodes are collected, the titles are dynamically modified to include those pre-titles or modified versions of them, or none at all, which would appear to satisfy most of the user's comments on this issue.

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    Dr. Michael K. Neylon - mneylon-pm@masemware.com || "You've left the lens cap of your mind on again, Pinky" - The Brain
    "I can see my house from here!"
    It's not what you know, but knowing how to find it if you don't know that's important

      Aren't there enough Dingbats on this page already? No, seriosly, I think dingbats in titles would just give people an opertunity to make them unreadable, unless you're posting code in the title (which is a bad idea), the dingbats should not be alowed. If they do have their place, it's in the obfu section

              - Ace
Re: Dingbats in node titles?
by {NULE} (Hermit) on Feb 28, 2002 at 14:05 UTC
    Howdy,

    I don't see how we can possibly have a serious discussion on this topic with an option to vote for "I like cheese!".

    {NULE}

    PS - I vote no. :)

Re: Dingbats in node titles?
by providencia (Pilgrim) on Feb 28, 2002 at 19:31 UTC
Re: Dingbats in node titles?
by rrwo (Friar) on Mar 01, 2002 at 05:20 UTC

    Why no dingbats?

    83C^U2E TH3Y 3|\|C0UR^G3 U|\|R3^D^BL3 G^R8^G3 L1K3 TH1S

Re: Dingbats in node titles?
by Juerd (Abbot) on Mar 01, 2002 at 08:00 UTC
    What is a dingbat? (dict doesn't know)
      from http://www.maran.com/dictionary/d/dingbat/.
      Special characters like stars, hands, arrows, and geometric shapes you can use to decorate a document. A collection of dingbats is found in a popular font called Wingdings.
      A Google search would tell you more that you might want to know. :)

      BTW, I don't like them in node titles either.
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        It took a while before i realised what they are, and how they're used over here. I was afraid for wingdings characters or images, but the single characters are no problem for me.

        Are there rules for dingbats in node titles? (written or implicitly assumed?)

        ++ vs lbh qrpbqrq guvf hfvat n ge va Crey :)
        Nabgure bar vs lbh qvq fb jvgubhg ernqvat n znahny svefg.
        -- vs lbh hfrq OFQ pnrfne ;)
            - Whreq
        

Re: Dingbats in node titles?
by cecil36 (Pilgrim) on Mar 01, 2002 at 20:26 UTC
    There are dingbats hanging around Perlmonks? Quick, call the National Geographic! They need to cover this for their next issue.
§ Re: Dingbats in node titles?
by ichimunki (Priest) on Mar 04, 2002 at 18:53 UTC
    Shouldn't that be &CowboyNeal;? &grin;
Re: Dingbats in node titles?
by Phaysis (Pilgrim) on Mar 02, 2002 at 15:51 UTC
    CowboyNeal, definitely! Hands down. Amen.

    -Shawn
    (Ph) Phaysis
    If idle hands are the tools of the devil, are idol tools the hands of god?

Re: Dingbats in node titles?
by Notromda (Pilgrim) on Mar 02, 2002 at 17:18 UTC
    I have yet to see a dingbat around here, except in a few comments complaining about dingbats. :(

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