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Subject: 
Re: markup syntax for member pages
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek
Date: 
Mon, 5 Jul 1999 07:35:03 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote:
[...]
If you were to write this in HTML:

   Hi, my name is Ed Boxer and I <I>really</I> love <B>Opera</B>,
   <B>LEGO&reg;</B>, and <B>Boxing</B>!

then in this other markup language, you'd have to write it like this:

   Hi, my name is Ed Boxer and I
   i really
   love
   b Opera
   ,
   b LEGO®
   , and
   b Boxing
   !

(although I'm not 100% positive that it actually lets you change formatting
right in the middle of a sentence like that).  Anyway, that's how bad it is!
[...]

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 the bolded words.

Here are the docs straight from the horse's mouth:

   http://webcrossing.com/Images/edithelp.htm

--Todd

(p.s.  For anyone jumping into the middle of this thread -- the above is
*not* being considered for LUGNET member-pages...  The above is simply an
example of one of hundreds if not thousands of text-markup schemes which
have been devised over the past few decades.)



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  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)

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