On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 02:23:15PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 02:21:31PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
>> > On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 11:04:50AM -0700, Jacob Champion wrote:
>> >> Maybe plus-minus (±), to represent the diff?
>>
>> > Uh, that might make sense to people who vie diffs often, but not the
>> > average reader of the document.
>>
>> Well, the § symbol hasn't got that much mnemonic value either.
>>
>> However ... wasn't one of the arguments for § that there's some
>> other project(s) already using it for this purpose? If so, I think
>> we'd be better off joining the crowd.
>
> I don't remember anyone else using it, but its purpose to point to a
> place with more detail makes logical sense.
Another option could be delta (Δ or δ). That's not LATIN-1, but I'd
imagine it's relatively well supported at this point.
--
nathan
