theorbtwo wrote: I relise that you can use the &#nn; escapes, but that's a PITA.

Hmmm... I fail to see how you can use HTML codes to create a middle eastern bread. You could solve the world's hunger problems that way :)

Seriously, we have so many divergences from actual HTML in our handy little shortcuts that we'll have to start printing a Perl Monks user manual to keep track of 'em all. Wonder if O'Reilly would bite... Sorry, but I'd veto this idea (though I didn't -- it).

Incidentally, the only reason that I have memorized [ and ] as [ and ] is because of those annoying little brackets. More useless knowledge to impress people with!

/me notes that the only reason he replied to this node was to slip in that stupid bread joke.

Cheers,
Ovid

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