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- From: rawass@rhrk.uni-kl.de (Alexander Rawass)
- Subject: Re: how to: use underlines/extended chars in posts?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.161134.12396@rhrk.uni-kl.de>
- Organization: University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
- References: <KARI.HURTTA.92Nov14102525@plootu.Helsinki.FI> <1992Nov14.235438.28775@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> <1992Nov15.000148.29093@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> <1992Nov19.031525.29712@wam.umd.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 16:11:34 GMT
- Approved: rawalex@rnivh.rni.sub.org
- Lines: 40
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- dododge@wam.umd.edu (David O. Dodge) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Nov15.000148.29093@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> nlu@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu) writes:
- >>In article <1992Nov14.235438.28775@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> nlu@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu) writes:
- >>
- >>>Well, can't you just use ^H for going back a character and then insert _ for
- >>>underline?
- >>>
- >>>(e. g. (I hope this works) U_n_d_e_r_l_i_n_e_)
- >>
- >>Well, it didn't, but this should:
- >>
- >>_U_n_d_e_r_l_i_n_e
-
- >Not on my screen (VT-100 emulator). I'm seeing highlighted text.
- >Just one more reason why you shouldn't use control characters in postings.
-
- Anyone posting or mailing other people with control codes like 'underscore',
- 'highlighting','inverse' or maybe using german chars for oe, ue or ae can
- be sure, that his posting will only be readable without problems by those
- people owning exact the same computer/terminal....
-
- Control codes in text means : 50% can't see your control codes
- 20% can't read your text at all
- 10% get their computer or mailer crashed
- 20% don't care about what you write at all
-
-
- Rawalex
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- Alexander Rawass | "Life's a piece of shit ... when you look at it."
- rawass@sun.rhrk.uni-kl.de | Monty Python's Life of Brian
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- Rawalex
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- Alexander Rawass | "Life's a piece of shit ... when you look at it."
- rawass@sun.rhrk.uni-kl.de | Monty Python's Life of Brian
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