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  Re: markup syntax for member pages
 
(...) Whoops -- ambiguity alert again... Darn it, when will I learn to write?! By "it" in "if it fit in nicely," I meant whatever markup is chosen for member-pages, not the one mentioned three nodes up on the thread. (Darn antecedents! :-) --Todd (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: markup syntax for member pages
 
(...) Huh?! Why? It's the most disgusting thing I've ever seen! A single character in column 1 to modify the entire line? That's somewhat intuitive for *, ], and >, but for b and i and c it's pathetic. (...) Chell specking would be fun. Anyway, it (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: markup syntax for member pages
 
(...) Reconsider not considering it. And add spell checking as well. To those of you who read my posts, spellchecking would be a welcome relief (you don't need to search Dejanews for proof). And I'd love to be able to format text in posts to LUGNET. (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: markup syntax for member pages
 
(...) Hmm, interesting, I just sort-of half-randomly stumbled onto yet another markup format... It goes like this: You type text as paragraphs separated by blank lines, and you put special characters in column 1 if you want to do something special (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Jeeves
 
(...) Sure it did, it pointed to fibblesnork... close enough for me. (...) I wouldn't know, it's not as big a problem for me as it is for some. :-) (25 years ago, 30-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)


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