b.n. wrote: > Willie Wong ha scritto: > >> 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* ? >> > > My client -Thunderbird- solves it quite elegantly. It keeps the > rendering characters AND renders. > > That is, *something* is rendered as [bold]*something*[/bold] and not as > [bold]something[/bold]. > > So when there is some /directory-path/ stuff I see it funnily in italic > but I also see the slashes, and everyone's happy. > > Don't know about other mail readers, but it seems such an obvious > solution that I'd be amazed if Thunderbird hasn't just copied it from > other clients. > > m. > > >
I get the same here but couldn't figure out how to explain it. LOL I use Seamonkey as I think I mentioned earlier. Dale :-) :-)
