Willie Wong wrote: > Starting a new thread because this is getting way off topic (both > re: gentoo or re: the topic under discussion in the other thread) > > On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 11:25:12PM -0600, Penguin Lover ??Q?? squawked: > >> On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:05:58 -0600 >> Steven Susbauer <stupendousst...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>> Some mail readers convert *asterisks* as bold statements. I believe it >>> is the generally accepted way to make a section stand out when dealing >>> with plain text. >>> >> Yes. The other two kinds of conventional pseudo-markup are /slashes/ >> for italics and _underscores_ for underlining. Even with clients that >> don't use them to change rendering, they're easy to pick up by eye when >> reading the plain text. >> >> > > Okay, my tongue was firmly in my cheek in the hypothetical question I > just posted in the old thread. But now seriously: is there anyway of > telling the recipient client to NOT change rendering, other than telling > the recipient to turn off rendering changes in the mail client? I feel > that this is a more legitimate question because it is quite possible > that the answer to some question posted on a linux mailing list > invoves a one-line sed command, or even a directory listing. Is it > possible to tell clients which change rendering that, yes, I really > mean /root/.rev* and not <em>root</em>.rev* ? > > W >
<joke> But I like all the smiley faces people post when emerge fails. I saw one a little bit ago. A lot of little winks. Sort of makes me think portage is flirting with me. ROFLMAO <joke/> I do see the need for that. The forums sort of does the same thing when you use the "code" thing. I don't get on the forums much anymore, maybe a occasional search for gossip or something. It is a interesting question tho. I guess since Seamonkey converts them over, I don't notice them the same way as a text only reader would. Dale :-) :-)
