[sword-devel] OSISqToTick=false

[Troy A. Griffitts]

correction:

-  it should be used in place of the language quotation marker.

+ it shouldn't be used in place of the language quotation marker.
+ though, of course that is what <q marker="c"/> is for; however, I
wouldn't use it.


On 05/24/2017 07:32 PM, Troy A. Griffitts wrote:
> I am not sure who decided that OSISqToTick is deprecated.
>
> As a matter of principle, I don't think <q> should ever produce
> punctuation marks and I would always set it to false in a module I produce.
>
> The idea is that, conceptually, no other punctuation mark in a module is
> produced from a tag.  Marking quotations for a language (even English)
> varies dramatically and is not always at the start and end of a quotation.
>
> Let the author use punctuation however they expect the punctuation for
> the language to appear (just like question mark, exclamation mark,
> etc.).  Tags are there not to add actual content to the text, but merely
> meta information.  <q> might be added to specify 'who' was speaking, but
> it should be used in place of the language quotation marker.
>
> Troy
>
>
>
> On 05/24/2017 06:24 PM, DM Smith wrote:
>> Your advice is appropriate for OSIS modules that are properly marked up.
>>
>> It is deprecated because the SWORD engine now uses the marker attribute on the q element to display the quotation mark. If that is not present, the SWORD engine will generate a quotation mark.
>>
>> A module that marks up the words of Christ, that doesn’t want quotation marks, must either use marker=“” or OSISqToTick to suppress the generation of quotation marks.
>>
>>
>>> On May 24, 2017, at 9:20 AM, David Haslam <dfhmch at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> The configuration key *OSISqToTick* is deprecated.
>>>
>>> Whenever the modules team updates a module, please ensure that such a key is
>>> removed if previously present.
>>>
>>> I imagine a check for this could be readily included in the automation
>>> script.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>>
>>>
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