From: J.B. Moreno (planb@newsreaders.com)
Date: Fri Dec 29 2000 - 23:10:25 CST
On 12/29/00 5:32 PM, Erland Sommarskog at <sommar@algonet.se> wrote:
> Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu> writes:
>> Charles Lindsey <chl@clw.cs.man.ac.uk> writes:
>>
>>> OK, it now says:
>>
>>> Backspace SHOULD be used only for underlining, done by preceding each
>>> character to be underlined by an underscore (ASCII 95) followed by a
>>> backspace.
>>
>> If we're going to mention underlining, I think we should mention bold.
>> They're equally common; I think we should either mention both or neither.
>
> And I don't want *bold*, /italic/ or whatever funny conventions that
> are out there. If are to have formatted use, there is text/html.
More importantly, *bold* and /italic/ don't have an exact spec.
> I could live with the funny backspace thing - but only if it is
> declared obsolete. Thus Charles's revised wording does not have my
> support.
>
> Backspace SHOULD NOT be used.
Is my alternate text any better?
-- John Moreno