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  1. Newsgroups: alt.hackers
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!haven.umd.edu!wam.umd.edu!dododge
  3. From: dododge@wam.umd.edu (David O. Dodge)
  4. Subject: Re: how to: use underlines/extended chars in posts?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov19.031525.29712@wam.umd.edu>
  6. Sender: usenet@wam.umd.edu (USENET News system)
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: rac2.wam.umd.edu
  8. Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
  9. References: <KARI.HURTTA.92Nov14102525@plootu.Helsinki.FI> <1992Nov14.235438.28775@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> <1992Nov15.000148.29093@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU>
  10. Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 03:15:25 GMT
  11. Approved: dododge@wam.umd.edu
  12. Lines: 18
  13.  
  14. In article <1992Nov15.000148.29093@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> nlu@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu) writes:
  15. >In article <1992Nov14.235438.28775@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> nlu@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu) writes:
  16. >
  17. >>Well, can't you just use ^H for going back a character and then insert _ for
  18. >>underline?
  19. >>
  20. >>(e. g. (I hope this works) U_n_d_e_r_l_i_n_e_)
  21. >
  22. >Well, it didn't, but this should:
  23. >
  24. >_U_n_d_e_r_l_i_n_e
  25.  
  26. Not on my screen (VT-100 emulator). I'm seeing highlighted text.
  27. Just one more reason why you shouldn't use control characters in postings.
  28.  
  29. ObHack: This (my first) posting, if it makes it through.
  30.  
  31.                                              -Dave Dodge/dododge@wam.umd.edu
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