[FFML] Review of Drunkard's Walk II

[croaker at rochester.rr.com]

There are already conventions for that. Which have even been incorporated into code level -- on Wikis, for example:

/Italic/
*Bold*
_Underline_

There you go.

Email transmits ascii characters only. Sending anything else ("attachments") involves translating a binary file into ascii in some manner. In the old days we had to manually uuencode such things if we wanted to send them that way, or just send directions to an FTP site.


---- Gandalf The Green <torjones at cox.net> wrote: 
> Yeah, except that there are times when its grammatically required to
> italicize certain things within your text, such as names of books and other
> proper titles within quoted speach. ASCII Text is not sufficient for actual
> grammatical correctness, however we have accepted it, and made a real hash
> out of the rules for grammar in order to accommodate it.
> 
> Rule 1: People Are Stupid!
> 1a: It's not my Fault!
> 1b: I just wish people wouldn't try so hard to prove Rule 1. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adrian Tymes
> 
> --- On Mon, 9/29/08, The Wanderer <inverseparadox at comcast.net> wrote:
> > Arthur Hansen wrote:
> > > On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Adrian Tymes <wingcat at pacbell.net>
> > > wrote:
> > >> Try sending it as plain text.  This list doesn't accept
> > >> WYSIWIG-formatted HTML email (sorry, no bold, italic, or
> > >> icon-smileys, although normal ":)" is okay).
> > > 
> > > Which was annoying in 2002, now it's plain archaic. I basically won't
> > > post to the FFML because it mooshes my formatting.
> > 
> > No, it's simply correct. E-mail is plain text, and should not be
> > anything else. HTML E-mail should never have been devised, and should
> > never be used.
> 
> It has its applications and uses.  However, HTML is rather excessive for
> most of the types of stories posted to this list - and anyone who has a
> problem with writing in plain text in general, has a problem writing.
> (I emphasize "in general": it has its place for some stories, but if you
> don't think you can write without bolding and italics - or multiple font
> colors and sizes, or other advanced HTML options - then chances are you
> can't write well even with those.)
> 
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