A Modest Definition List Proposal

[David E. Wheeler]

On Feb 18, 2009, at 4:37 PM, Yuri Takhteyev wrote:


>> Right. I actually think that using ~ as a range operator  

>> (essentially) is

>> fairly rare outside of electronic circles, at least in US English.

>

> In other words, by at least 5% of the world population. :)

>

> But even just looking at the US English, ~ is often used for

> approximation, for the home directory, for equivalence, etc. So,

> things like "The cost is ~ $3", "cd to ~ before doing this", "The N

> needs a ~ over it", "If we assume x ~ y, then" will all suddenly

> become definition lists?


Yeah, okay. Forget the one-line format, then. No one has implemented  
it so far anyway, as near as I can tell. :-)


>> Term 1 o Definition a blah blah blah blah blah

>> Term 2 o Definition b foo bar baz

>> Term 3 o Definition c even more blah blah blah

>

> É. O unico problema é o "o" do Portugues, que é um artigo nessa  

> linguagem.

>

> (Our friend "o" is a _word_ in some languages.)


D'oh! Oh yeah! Sorry for the cultural imperialism. :-)

Best,

David