Re: SIG formatting . . html? text?

[Holger Metzger]

Mark wrote:

> Holger Metzger wrote:
> 
> 
>>Would you like to receive a snail
>>mail letter written in different colors, different font sizes, different
>>background pictures?
>>
> 
> 
> Well, not necessarily, but I *do* appreciate an occasional underline for 
> emphasis. :)  Yes, I know we can do _this_ and *that*, but after all, 
> those only exist because there wasn't a way to represent them otherwise. 
>   I *do* understand your point though, and largely agree.

I guess that's why most Unix/Linux text-mode readers understand word
formatting like *bold* /italic/, _underline_.

Holger