Dan Espen <[email protected]> writes: > Every once in a while, I like to > _underline_ parts of an email or post. > > (If you don't see the word "underline" underlined, > the rest of this won't make sense.) > > For me, when I put a single underscore before and after a word, > that word displays as underlined when I view the sent email or post. > > What I don't understand is that *bold* is supposed to be achieved by > using asterisks instead of underlines. When I use asterisks that > way, sure enough, the word in question is displayed as bold. But I > see the asterisks too. > > When I do the same with underlines, I don't see extra underlines before > and after the word. > > Is the problem on my end or is this inconsistency done on purpose? > > Once more: > > _underlined_ - okay > _bold_ - extra asterisks > /italic/ - done with slashes (doesn't work)
(Oops, must have mistyped the bold just above,) I meant: *bold* -- Dan Espen _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
