Posted by NRen2k5 on 11/16/26 11:36

Michelle Steiner wrote:
> What is your point? In plain text, where there are no italics available
> (e.g., a typewriter or a text-based medium like usenet), underlining is
> used to represent italics. This has already been explained to you.

My point is that on usenet, though the majority of newsreader do not
support HTML formatting, the majority DO support formatting of text
using /, *, and _ .

_ will create UNDERLINED text, / will create ITALICIZED text, therefore
on usenet _ explicitly means underlined.

- NRen2k5

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