Re: [Pan-users] underlines etc in pan

[Duncan]

On Sunday 10 November 2002 19:05, Wolf J.Flywheel wrote:
> [] I realize it's only cosmetic, but lots
> of people use this pseudo-markup and so I would like to see Pan handle it.

You know... I prefer the original text smilies over graphical ones, and I 
believe I prefer the original text /italics/, *BOLDFACE*, and _underlining_, 
as well.  (I've never worked with a client that did it, so I'm not sure.)  It 
just seems more /authentic/, and I never have to worry about the formatter 
screwing up the rendering, or slow displays, or line wrap changes, or any 
other related crap, either.

Thus, while I have no real objection to others being able to turn on, it MUST 
be an option, not just there with no way to turn it off.

If PAN were my project, I'd state that it wasn't a high priority for me, but 
if someone else wanted to supply the code, including for the option, and it 
worked well, and wasn't to bloated, what with dealing with all the corner 
cases, etc., I'd add it.  Of course, it isn't my project, so... 

-- 
Duncan
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