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Re: Gemini markup extensions [Was: Re: a solution for emphasis]

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From: reidrac@minibox.invalid

Subject: Re: Gemini markup extensions [Was: Re: a solution for emphasis]

Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2022 15:13:54 +0000

Message-ID: <sur1fi$ljt$1@gioia.aioe.org>

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On 07/02/2022 14:53, Winston wrote:

Gustaf Erikson posted:
[...]
So, then,
"*SURPRISE*!!" would match (assuming word separation),
"*a*b*c*d*" would (with word separation) unambiguously be <em>a*b*c*d</em>,
"*a*b*c*d" would not match (be rendered as written), and
"Please be _very_ careful." would contain <u>very</u>.

Thunderbird seems to render these correctly (as expected at least;

Also TB doesn't remove characters, only adds string, underling or

italics as /required/.

Isn't this a subset of textile? https://textile-lang.com/

It was supported in a number of forums around 2000s. Or maybe it has a

different name, I don't know.

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Re: Gemini markup extensions [Was: Re: a solution for emphasis] (by Winston <wbe@UBEBLOCK.psr.com.invalid> on Mon, 07 Feb 2022 09:53:50 -0500)

Start of thread:

a solution for emphasis (by Gustaf Erikson <gerikson@gmial.com> on Sat, 05 Feb 2022 00:13:15 +0100)

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Re: Gemini markup extensions [Was: Re: a solution for emphasis] (by Gustaf Erikson <gerikson@gmial.com> on Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:59:35 +0100)

Re: Gemini markup extensions [Was: Re: a solution for emphasis] (by Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> on Sat, 19 Feb 2022 17:06:18 +0000)