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From: Daniel Goldsmith <dgold@dgold.invalid>
Subject: Re: Gemini markup extensions [Was: Re: a solution for emphasis]
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2022 15:36:39 +0000
Message-ID: <79fadi-udf.ln1@iapetus.dgold.eu>
On 2022-02-08, Martin <martin@datapulp.de> wrote:
I always asked myself, why we do markup not using ASCII characters? Did
we forget about our roots? ;-)
mainly because ascii control chars are
- obscure, as in people don't know them
- obscure, as in they're not present in an editor
- obscure, as in they're not easily identified
Don't underestimate the simplicity and accessibility created by the use of
simple direct formatting.
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dgold <news@dgold.eu>
Parent:
Start of thread:
a solution for emphasis (by Gustaf Erikson <gerikson@gmial.com> on Sat, 05 Feb 2022 00:13:15 +0100)