[Wikitext-l] So, a better algorithm for apostrophes?

Steve Bennett stevagewp at gmail.com
Thu Nov 29 03:55:10 UTC 2007


On 11/28/07, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
> How about this:
>
> Word'''word -> always apostrophe+italics
> Word''''word -> always apostrophe+bold

As a slight refinement:

Word'''word''' -> treated as bold.

Word'''word'''word -> ?

> Disadvantages:
> * You lose the ability to easily apply bold mid-word.

Now it's possible to easily have bold midword:

Die'''bold''' Election-rigging Services

And if for some reason you want to start bold midword and continue it
after the word:

Ko'''bold''' '''for dinner again?'''

Steve



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