[Wikitech-l] Announcing UsenetSyntax Extension

[Jim Wilson]

Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> Since it's an extension, and the mainline is unlikely to load it, could
> you make it an install-time configurable option whether _this_ renders
> as italics or underscore?

Done deal.  See the extension page for details on how to configure (you'll
need to re-download the extension for the changes to take effect)

-- Jim

On 2/21/07, Ivan Krstić <krstic at solarsail.hcs.harvard.edu> wrote:
>
> Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> > The communities I hang out in
> > (and I was on Usenet since 1984 or so, back when I could still read The
> > Entire Feed) tended to stick to *bold* and _whatever_; I didn't see
> > /these sort of italics/ much, partially because it conflicts with
> > search string notation, I suspect.
>
> FWIW, [[Crossmark]] uses *boldface*, /italicized/, _underlined_ and
> Mozilla Thunderbird automatically recognizes the same syntax in
> plaintext mail.
>
> --
> Ivan Krstić <krstic at solarsail.hcs.harvard.edu> | GPG: 0x147C722D
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