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Bold and italics

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tech · 10/11/2004 21:25

We are thinking of letting members add bold and italics to messages for emphasis. Being of the old school I don't wholeheartedly approve of such new-fangl ednesses, but hmm... Anyway, I figured we'd use [b]bold section[/b] and [i]italic section[/i] for italics (too much WordPerfect reveal codes in my youth). Anyone have any better ideas?
Of course, they'd display as bold and italic in the message.

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vict17 · 10/11/2004 21:31

It would be easier if we could do control + b for bold and control = i for italics like in word. Sorry wordperfect is a generation before me

JanH · 10/11/2004 21:30

see, emma just did it!

JanH · 10/11/2004 21:30

The beloved BBC boards use twinkles either end for bold (as do a lot of us on here to imply bold, you may have noticed?) and slashes either end for italic.

What you just said sounds like esperanto.

emmatmg · 10/11/2004 21:29

Seems ok to me.

I know (Bold or italics needed here) alot of people will be pleased with this

tech · 10/11/2004 21:29

say does anyone have a better idea on how to delimit bold and italic sections is what I meant. I'm sure lots of people have lots of better ideas.

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JanH · 10/11/2004 21:28

say what?

lou33 · 10/11/2004 21:27

Isn't that just like you tech? ALways thinking of others happiness over your own