non-breaking snakes

[Philippe Verdy]

This is the same thing as:
____________
.....................
:::::::::::::::::::::
############
*****************
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/////////////////////
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TTTTTTTTTTT

You can use any characters (punctuation, symbols, even letters) or graphics
aligned in a row to create such fillers But isolately these characters have
their own meaning, independantly of their "snake" usage. The vine symbol is
not special. It also maps to "leaders" dots used in TOCs or input forms.

That's why I suggest that this usage being only a matter of style for
graphically representing (with known fonts and layouts) a "snake", which
may still be represented by a format control where they are authorized for
insertion by line justification, instead of just whitespaces.

Then a stylesheet, specific to a page layout, will do the rest, specifying
the graphics or characters to use for these insertions, without having the
document to specify a specific number of signs. In a plain-text format with
unspecified layout, it should not even be visible.

2016-05-07 7:35 GMT+02:00 Leo Broukhis <leob at mailcom.com>:

> Also, or rather foremost, to U+2766 ❦ FLORAL HEART
>
> ❦❦❦❦❦ - what does the (almost) connecting vine remind me of? Hmmm...
>
> Leo
>
>
> 2016-05-06 21:54 GMT-07:00 António Martins-Tuválkin <tuvalkin at gmail.com>:
>
>> On 2016.05.04 07:54, Julian Bradfield wrote:
>>
>> See http://xkcd.com/1676/
>>> (making sure to look at the mouse-over text)
>>>
>>
>> The new snake character needs to have in its remarks field see-also links
>> to these:
>>
>> U+115F HANGUL CHOSEONG FILLER
>> U+1160 HANGUL JUNGSEONG FILLER
>> U+3164 HANGUL FILLER : chaeum
>> U+A8F9 DEVANAGARI GAP FILLER
>> U+FFA0 HALFWIDTH HANGUL FILLER (decomp.: U+3164)
>> U+10AF6 MANICHAEAN PUNCTUATION LINE FILLER
>>
>> --                                                              ____.
>> António MARTINS-Tuválkin                                       |  ()|
>> <tuvalkin at gmail.com>                                           |####|
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>> +351 934 821 700, +351 212 463 477    só me invejo de quem bebe     |
>> facebook.com/profile.php?id=744658416 a água em todas as fontes     |
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>> De sable uma fonte e bordadura escaqueada de jalde e goles por timbre
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