>
> Does anyone know:
>
> Three dots often signifiy that certain parts of a sentence have been left
> out. In dictionaries, it is important to save as much space as possible, and
> I have noticed that the three dots often come more closely together than
> three "ordinary dots". Is there a TEI character entity for these three dots?
>
> Chris
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TEI? - I don't know. However, Bryan mentions among "Publishing
characters"
…
meaning Horizontal ellipsis (three dots). It's part of an
Addison-Wesley Publishers public set of character entities.
Martin Bryan: SGML, An Authors Guide..., Addison Wesley 1988
ISBN 0-201-17535-5. Page 297.
Ole
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