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1. ThatMe+ea[view] [source] 2025-08-30 06:24:32
>>tkgall+(OP)
I have started using triple dots as on Linux I can get them with Alt Gr + .

A lot of symbols can be accessed with Alt Gr compared to Windows

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2. notpus+yc[view] [source] 2025-08-30 06:58:31
>>ThatMe+ea
Please don’t... Adding ellipsis as a separate character was a huge mistake, because it doesn’t work well:

- you can’t make a ?.. or !.. with it

- the spacing between the dots is awful in a lot of fonts

- it is hideous in monospace

- typing ellipsis properly is a very easy gesture (triple-tap the dot key), arguably easier than Alt Gr + . (depending on the keyboard)

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3. dragon+id[view] [source] 2025-08-30 07:08:49
>>notpus+yc
> you can’t make a ?.. or !.. with it

But an ellipsis is separate from and doesn't mmerge with sentence-terminal punctuation, whether its a period or somethig else (when it replaces words at the end of a sentence, the terminal punctuation follows the ellipsis, when at the beginning of a sentence that follows another, the ellipsis follows the punctuation.) The constructs you say can't be formed with it aren't needed.

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4. notpus+me[view] [source] 2025-08-30 07:22:36
>>dragon+id
Hmm, yeah, you’re right – in English this isn’t really used. However it’s a widely used punctuation in Russian (and many ex-USSR languages, too), so... no, they are needed in some cases.
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5. layer8+WE[view] [source] 2025-08-30 13:00:37
>>notpus+me
If that is accurate, you’d have a good chance of getting a corresponding Unicode proposal accepted.
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6. notpus+Xi2[view] [source] 2025-08-31 05:25:09
>>layer8+WE
It doesn’t really make sense to me – those new characters would mostly just look the same as the combination of symbols used right now, be harder to type, and share all of the other flaws I’ve mentioned above. Might be fun though!
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