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  Re: // and ** vs {} and [] (was: testing in rtl...)
 
(...) Oh I agree that // and ** are potentially more troublesome than {} and [] in normal text -- and that's why {} and [] were chosen instead. But I think the "troublesome" part may be entirely solveable from a coding standpoint. (...) It depends. (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.admin.nntp)
 
  Re: Announcing FTX for discussion groups
 
(...) Hey, it gives me an 'é'! Cool! Two problems though: it's harder to remember 0233 than 'café', and I often work from a laptop, where the numeric keypad functionality is awkward (or maybe I've just never got used to it.) I'll force myself to use (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.publish, FTX)
 
  Re: // and ** vs {} and [] (was: testing in rtl...)
 
(...) I'm not sure what your above comment has to do with FTX supporting non-word aligned positions for the formatting characters, no matter which character set is used. I was attempting to point out that // and ** would seem to be more troublesome (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.admin.nntp)
 
  FTX Feature Request
 
Todd - In FTX, can you add a feature for strikeout text? Perhaps -text- ?? Thanks! -Tim (21 years ago, 30-May-03, to lugnet.publish)
 
  Re: Announcing FTX for discussion groups
 
(...) My bad. Sorry about that. (...) I guess I have always seen the codes above 127 referred to as the 'Extended ASCII' set. Perhaps that's neither accurate nor official. Still... I'm really enjoying the results of these changes. All the best! (...) (21 years ago, 30-May-03, to lugnet.publish, FTX)
 
  Re: // and ** vs {} and [] (was: testing in rtl...)
 
(...) If // and ** proved superior to {} and [], then going back and removing {} and [] (and of course automatically converting existing pages to // and **) would certainly be an option. (...) But it's only an issue under one obscure set of (...) (21 years ago, 30-May-03, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.admin.nntp)
 
  Re: // and ** vs {} and [] (was: testing in rtl...)
 
(...) Since you don't think most of the above are problems because they are not on word boandaries, how do you reconcile that with FTX's support for bolding, italicizing, or underlining part of a word, such as in the example in the FTX quick start (...) (21 years ago, 30-May-03, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.admin.nntp)
 
  Re: Announcing FTX for discussion groups
 
(...) I agree (smiling). If you have scroll, of course, to read the reply, then it means that someone didn't prune the quoted text like they should have. --Todd (21 years ago, 30-May-03, to lugnet.publish, FTX)
 
  Re: Announcing FTX for discussion groups
 
(...) Yes it did. BTW thanks for all the continued effort... I really like the abiltiy to format (etc...) the posts now. SteveB (21 years ago, 30-May-03, to lugnet.publish, FTX)
 
  Re: Announcing FTX for discussion groups
 
... (...) Scrolling sucks! (he says smiling) (21 years ago, 30-May-03, to lugnet.publish, FTX)


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