[Cletus.D.Yokel]

I have always considered Q’s [brackets] as indicating “controlled action”.

Boxed-in.
Known quantity.
Possibly known \beforehand\.
Under the authority of known actors; WH/BH.

YMMV

[stylin19a]

swordmaker’s lexicon referred to the brackets as Kill Boxes.

It’s still on his home page.

[generally]

CDY posted:
I have always considered Q’s [brackets] as indicating “controlled action”.

Boxed-in.
Known quantity.
Possibly known \beforehand\.
Under the authority of known actors; WH/BH.

YMMV

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Stylin19a wrote:

swordmaker’s lexicon referred to the brackets as Kill Boxes.

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I’ve always thought of them as “kill boxes” but that never set well with me and it didn’t seem quite right. CDY’s explanation fits much better with how I see it, with what I (think I) know, and makes more sense to me.

Thank you, CDY!