On 31.10.2008, at 07:15, Tom Christiansen wrote:
> {
> Sorry to be so late getting back. I wrote this >12h ago,
> but the local power company decided to cut things up and
> drive me out of my home for a goodly while if I wanted
> any light.
> }
>
>> Tom Christiansen <tchrist@perl.com> writes:
>
>>> * [p.476 of _The Lord of the Rings_, III/iv: "Treebeard"]
>
>> Since you use page numbers, shouldn't there be a reference
>> to the edition/print/publisher a.s.o. somewhere?
>
> That's a good question, Johan. I thought about it, too.
>
> But I don't know the right answer.
Specify two fixed points, as in
A long-expected Party ... p 33
The Grey Havens ......... p 1059
Use linear interpolation to locate a place in another edition :)
I'm only half joking. The method works quite well (even across
translations).
Anno
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