Problem opening a web page in firefox that has a hyphen "-" character.

Peter Garrett peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au
Mon Jul 31 05:11:37 UTC 2006


On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:50:01 -0400
Scott Kitterman <ubuntu at kitterman.com> wrote:

> > But thanks for highlighting the relevant portion, which was of course the
> > point of my post - it's always possible that another reader might have
> > missed the nuance, as you so evidently did.
> >
> > Peter
> 
> Actually that was me that missed it, not ubuntu at rio.vg .

No, I was referring to ubuntu at rio.vg missing the fact that my question 

> > "So I wonder if a leading hyphen is allowed?"

was more or less rhetorical in the context. The meaning was intended to
be something like "It appears to my inexpert eyes that a leading hyphen is
not allowed".

Perhaps I don't make enough allowance for the literal-minded interpretation
that seems to prevail in technical circles ;-)

Peter




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