[Scribus] Insert a symbol char (also language comment)

[Dean McCorquodale]

Well "stone the crows we have broken the shakles from the mother
country :)
On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 03:19 -0700, avox wrote:
> 
> Peter Barnes-2 wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Gregory Pittman" <gpittman at iglou.com>
> >> To: scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de
> >> Subject: Re: [Scribus] Insert a symbol char
> >> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 22:48:41 -0400
> >> 
> >> Craig Bradney wrote:
> >> > Once again, replying in French is fine. We have decided and 
> >> > reiterated the answer that we will not split up the mailing list 
> >> > and we want to keep all answers here, in whatever language.
> >> >
> >> > Basically he says  search and replace euros by ? works fine if 
> >> > you choose the font with the ? symbol.
> >> >
> >> That having been said, many of us are happy with dual language posts,
> >> with at least the gist of the conversation in English as an addendum
> >> (just like you've done, Craig).
> >> 
> >> Greg
> > 
> > I agree with Greg and strongly urge that the mailing list encourages at
> > least "the gist of the conversation in English" for each posting.
> > Otherwise some posts, both current and archived, are going to be
> > inaccessible to the majority of people - which would be a great waste of a
> > useful resource.
> > 
> > Also, Craig says French is acceptable. But if all other languages are
> > acceptable too, the mailing list could become chaotic in the future -
> > especially if there is no "gist of the conversation in English".
> > 
> 
> While we certainly approve if the gist of a mesage is translated to English,
> anyone can post in any language on this ML. The rules are as follows:
> 
> - French, German, Finnish, Czech and maybe other languages (even Australian) 
>   are understood by developers and can expect an answer.
> - Anyone who understands a posting in another language is invited to
> translate 
>   it for the benefit of English speakers.
> - Postings in a language which noone else understands are ignored.
> 
> It has worked like this for some time and I don't think it will become
> chaotic
> in the future.
> 
> Cheers
> /Andreas
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