Subj : alternative bold/underline/italic
To   : Martin Foster
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Sep 20 2020 03:28 pm

Answering a msg from Martin Foster:
>Hello August!
>
>*** Sunday 20.09.20 at 09:09, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:
>
> >>> This is "BOLDED". This is "underlined". This is "italic".
> >>> This is in "fixed spacing".
> >>> Looks good on the TgM side.
>
> AA>> --Subj: alternative bold/underline/italic
>
> AA>> The following word is bolded: *BOLD*
>
> MF> In OpenXP and WinPoint, yes, this is BOLD.
>
>In APoint this is also BOLD but the leading and trailing asterisks are  
>also shown.
>
> AA>> The following word is underlined: _underlined_
>
> MF> In OpenXP, this is BOLD but in WinPoint, it's rendered "as is" but
> MF> without the leading and trailing underscores.
>
>In APoint this IS underlined but the leading and trailing underscores are  
>also shown.
>
> AA>> The following word is in italics: /italics/
>
> MF> Neither OpenXP nor WinPoint render this as italic, it's rendered "as is".
>
>In APoint, this IS italicised but the leading and trailing forward slashes  
>are also shown.
>
>Interesting, eh? ;)
>
>Regards,
>Martin



Yes.. interesting.  The * _ / formatting looks great using the nntp reader though.  BTW, I missed the closing -- when I constructed the --Subj: earlier.  However, *THIS* message should have a new subject consistent with the topic at hand.


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