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- From: ridder@zowie.zso.dec.com (Hans)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Version string
- Date: 6 Apr 1994 19:40:05 GMT
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - DECwest Engineering
- Lines: 27
- Message-ID: <2nv36l$p4q@usenet.pa.dec.com>
- References: <1994Apr2.115917.19252@krk.fi> <CnqruC.I4J@unx.sas.com>
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- In article <CnqruC.I4J@unx.sas.com> jamie@cdevil.unx.sas.com (James Cooper) writes:
- >
- >In article <1994Apr2.115917.19252@krk.fi>, jts@krksun.krk.fi (Janne Siren) writes:
- >>Can I have space in the program name in the $VER: version string? This
- >>worls but what does the style guide say about it:
- >>
- >>My Program v1.00 Beta (...date...)
- >>
- >>Should I use '_' instead of space in the name and version number?
- >
- >The Style Guide does not say one way or the other, but other documentation
- >I have seen states that you should NOT have spaces in the $VER: string,
- >other than to separate the fields.
-
- How about using the (often overlooked) NBSP or Non Breaking Space
- character, which will print as space but not be regarded as a space by
- the VERSION command. I believe it's code is 0xa0, so just make the
- string "My\0xa0Program v1.00..."
-
- >Jim Cooper
-
- -hans
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- Hans-Gabriel Ridder <ridder@rust.zso.dec.com>
- DECwest Engineering, Bellevue, Washington, USA
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