Marcello Perathoner wrote:
I'll take your text to show why I am opposed to purely automatic reformatting of text.
Your text (in the 2nd paragraph) says:
—Introibo Ad Altare Dei.
where it should say
—Introibo ad altare Dei.
Capitalization rules for English titles should not be applied to Latin text were they are completely inadequate. Also:
Amoroso Ma Non Troppo.
Von Der Sirenen Listigkeit Tun Die Poeten Dichten. Und Alle Schiffe Brucken.
Tete-A-Tete
The missing accents combined with the erroneous capitalization make the last 2 examples a really outstanding example of text corruption.
Its better IMO to present an ugly but correct text than a pretty but corrupted one. This is the reason I decided against purely automatic reformatting.
Hmmm -- interesting point. My script reformats the PG text, which contains UND ALLE SCHIFFE BRUCKEN TETE_A_TETE etc. So, I regret to inform you that the ORIGINAL PG text is "corrupt" -- nothing to do with my script. GIGO. You have a point about capitalisation rules -- but when the original text uses ALL CAPS to represent italicised words, there's a limit to what can be done -- but we've had this discussion before, so I'll not repeat it here. Suffice to say that it is perfectly possible to apply at least some minimal formatting to improve readability, without corrupting the text. -- Stephen Thomas, Senior Systems Analyst, Adelaide University Library ADELAIDE UNIVERSITY SA 5005 AUSTRALIA Tel: +61 8 8303 5190 Fax: +61 8 8303 4369 Email: stephen.thomas@adelaide.edu.au URL: http://staff.library.adelaide.edu.au/~sthomas/