Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature Request - Categories for special characters

Doug wrote:
> On 11/21/2013 02:00 PM, Mark Bourne wrote:
> > Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote:
> > > Then there are the younger users that know "#" only as "hash-tag" and
> > > not "pound-sign". Yes many of the "standard" characters have different
> > > names depending on the languages used.
> >
> > In the UK, "#" is more commonly known as "hash" or "number sign".
> >
> > For us, "pound sign" usually means "£" ;o)
> >
> > Windows Vista's character map (and probably Windows 7's as well?)
> > displays the name of the selected character (and can search for
> > characters by name). It calls # "Number Sign" and £ "Pound Sign". I
> > think those are the "official" names defined by Unicode.
> >
> > Mark.
> I always think of # as being a sharp sign.

The musical sharp symbol is slightly different: ♯

> When I was in grade school,
> over 60 years ago, "lb." meant pound(s). Writing a script in the
> bash shell in Linux, you start with " #! " which is known as
> "shabang."

"shabang", I think, is short for "hash bang" - another name for "!" 
being a bang.

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