Thanks, Bev, for the reminder of the plain text usage. Anybody old enough to have grappled with e-mail in its early days will remember this usage, and it does work quite well, though not as pretty as actual bolding and italics.
Now, I really must see if Alt-3 makes a heart; on my Apple “Alt” is Shift + Option, so Shit-Option-3 gives me: ‹ Rats. Just a pointy thing. On the other hand, Apple gives me a couple of different ways to make a little apple: Adele in not-as-warm-as-yesterday very rainy West Vancouver, BC, > A way to indicate them in plain text is as follows: > An asterisk at either end of text is *italics*. > Two asterisks at either end, **bold** > An underscore at either end, _underline_ > > Some online chat-rooms will convert the * ** and _ to the real thing. > > Another test: I'm wondering, if I use alt-codes, if other non-English > letters show up, such as > the c in Alençon, the o of Tønder, the u in Cantù > If not, I'm sorry about the garble... > > If I press Alt-3, will you all see a little heart ♥ > If not, here it is in text <3 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
