[plug] Non Linux Qn: Names of funny characters

[James Bromberger]

I added one in double angle brackets:

On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 09:20:46PM +0800, Beau Kuiper wrote:
> > > ! - ? "Exclamation mark."
> > > @ - ?
> > > # - octothorpe (!) HASH
> > > $ - ? "dollar sign"
> > > % - ? "percentage sign"
> > > ^ - circumflex, carat
> > > & - ampersnad AMPERSAND
> > > * - asterisk
> > > | - ?  <<pipe>>
> > > \/ - ? "slashes"
> > > () - parenthesis
> > > [] - ? BRACKETS
> > > {} - ? BRACES
> > > >< - ?
> > > ... - ? (in typesetting books this is acually a special char) ELLIPSIS

As one character: <<  - Open quotes in French
		  >>  - Close quotes in French

	-   hyphen
	-   n dash (or endash, ie, length of an 'n')
	--  m dash (or emdash), (simulated with hyphens here, length of 'm')


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