From: Erland Sommarskog (sommar@algonet.se)
Date: Thu Dec 28 2000 - 15:58:27 CST
Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu> writes:
> I believe the intention was that this be mentioned solely as documentation
> for why backspace is allowed in article bodies. I definitely don't think
> the practice should be recommended or encouraged. Perhaps moving the
> whole thing into a note would be best? Sort of a "here's why backspace is
> allowed, although this isn't really recommended" thing.
Yes, I side with John Stanley on this one. Describe it, just state
it as obsolete and discourage use.
So the sentence that says: "Posters SHOULD avoid using control characters
in US-ASCII (or other CCSs) except for tab (ASCII 9), formfeed (ASCII 12),
and backspace (ASCII 8)." should read:
Posters SHOULD avoid using control characters in US-ASCII (or other
CCSs) except for tab (ASCII 9), and formfeed (ASCII 12).
Then there should be a note which explains that backspace has been
used and what for, and that reading agents MAY support presentation,
but SHOULD not generate it.
-- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, sommar@algonet.se I'm not in love. It's not even a phase I'm going through.