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  Re: markup syntax for member pages
 
(...) LOL!!! OK, I shouldn't've crossposted to .off-topic.geek without giving a link (with that weird URL thing I do) to the top-level node in the thread, explaining what this was all about. Here's that: (URL) one clean way to do lines like your (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: markup syntax for member pages
 
Todd Lehman wrote in several messages ... (...) ... (...) [Todd], {I} must have (missed the start <of this>, but why)? _All_ you're doing is (forcing) people l{i}ke me to write <[pre>-processors] to remove the [garbage] that (you{'}<ve)> let (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: markup syntax for member pages
 
(...) OK Ed, I just quickly went back to my History file in my web browser and checked the original source...it does indeed let you change formatting right in the middle of a sentence like that -- although it will not properly abut the comma against (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: markup syntax for member pages
 
(...) LOL!!! OK, I guess some things in DOS, like \ instead of /, are more disgusting than (...) Oh heck, sure -- that makes perfect sense there! :) In fact, I'm sure those letters must be common keys for those command in lots of word processors. (C (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: markup syntax for member pages
 
(...) I'm in shock. I guess you were never as DOS based as I was. B I and C were the keys in Word Perfect( and several other Dos based word processors) for those exact commands (usually with the <ALT> or <CTRL> key). (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)


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