_underlines_ text wrapped in underscores, and *bolds* text wrapped in
asteriskseseseses. So whether it is or isn't an RFC, it's being used in
practice, so it's a de facto standard, right?
</microsoft>
- JIm
Kevin Graeme wrote:
>It's an old plaintext convention to express emphasis similar what
>would normally be accomplished with underlining or italicizing* text.
>ALL UPPERCASE WOULD BE SHOUTING, YOU DIMWIT.
>
>:-)
>
>Maybe Jochem will provide an RFC reference.
>
>*Italic text was also often noted with /slashes/, but that never
>really caught on.
>
>-Kevin
>
>On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 09:10:15 -0400, Tangorre, Michael
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>>what_is_with_all_the_people_using_underscores_when_they_type?
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