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No I don't. And neither does Mr. Shakespeare. And because he doesn't, the decision how his works are represented in modern systems, is not up to him.

bazoom42 4y ago
So Shakespares works should be edited to acommodate a software bug?
- usrbinbash 4y ago
  How is replacing one system of writing numbers with another system of writing numbers, with the exact same numbers represented, editing the works? Btw. is it also a bug if a screenreader doesn't support Babylonian Cuneiform Numerals? They have Unicode Code points as well.
  - bazoom42 4y ago
    Yes that is editing. Modifying a text (whether small or large changes) is called editing. I have no opinion on Cuneiform.
    - usrbinbash 4y ago
      Editing, to me, is changing the content of the text. Using another font, using a different way to represent numerals, or using bold text, isn't editing, it's formatting and styling. When my webbrowser renders markdown to html, it's not editing the text, its reformatting it.
      - bazoom42 4y ago
        Adding emphasis in a text is also editing, even though the letters are the same.
- bloak 4y ago
  Anything written before about 1755 gets heavily edited for modern readers because the old (and sometimes also inconsistent) spelling is a bit too painful. (I think Shakespeare's First Folio didn't distinguish between the letters U and V. Does adding that distinction count as an edit?) Also, according to online images, the First Folio had "Actus Primus. Scoena Prima." rather than "Act I Scene I"!
  - bazoom42 4y ago
    Yes they exist in numerous editions more or less edited and modernized. While some might like a modernized version, some might prefer or need access to the original text - e.g. the editors creating modernized versions!
    - usrbinbash 4y ago
      And they are welcome to do so. Same as I are welcome to decide if supporting something that makes up a tiny tiny fraction of all written text in my software is worth the extra time and effort to build and maintain it, or not.

bazoom42 4y ago

So Shakespares works should be edited to acommodate a software bug?

usrbinbash 4y ago
How is replacing one system of writing numbers with another system of writing numbers, with the exact same numbers represented, editing the works? Btw. is it also a bug if a screenreader doesn't support Babylonian Cuneiform Numerals? They have Unicode Code points as well.
- bazoom42 4y ago
  Yes that is editing. Modifying a text (whether small or large changes) is called editing. I have no opinion on Cuneiform.
  - usrbinbash 4y ago
    Editing, to me, is changing the content of the text. Using another font, using a different way to represent numerals, or using bold text, isn't editing, it's formatting and styling. When my webbrowser renders markdown to html, it's not editing the text, its reformatting it.
    - bazoom42 4y ago
      Adding emphasis in a text is also editing, even though the letters are the same.
bloak 4y ago
Anything written before about 1755 gets heavily edited for modern readers because the old (and sometimes also inconsistent) spelling is a bit too painful. (I think Shakespeare's First Folio didn't distinguish between the letters U and V. Does adding that distinction count as an edit?) Also, according to online images, the First Folio had "Actus Primus. Scoena Prima." rather than "Act I Scene I"!
- bazoom42 4y ago
  Yes they exist in numerous editions more or less edited and modernized. While some might like a modernized version, some might prefer or need access to the original text - e.g. the editors creating modernized versions!
  - usrbinbash 4y ago
    And they are welcome to do so. Same as I are welcome to decide if supporting something that makes up a tiny tiny fraction of all written text in my software is worth the extra time and effort to build and maintain it, or not.