Re: Encoding italic

[Doug Ewell via Unicode]

I'd like to propose encoding italics and similar display attributes in
plain text using the following stateful mechanism:
 
•       Italics on: ESC [3m
•       Italics off: ESC [23m
•       Bold on: ESC [1m
•       Bold off: ESC [22m
•       Underline on: ESC [4m
•       Underline off: ESC [24m
•       Strikethrough on: ESC [9m
•       Strikethrough off: ESC [29m
•       Reverse on: ESC [7m
•       Reverse off: ESC [27m
•       Reset all attributes: ESC [m
 
where ESC is U+001B.
 
This mechanism has existed for around 40 years and is already supported
as widely as any new Unicode-only convention will ever be.
 
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Doug Ewell | Thornton, CO, US | ewellic.org