Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site cwruecmp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!decvax!cwruecmp!decot From: decot@cwruecmp.UUCP (Dave Decot) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: ***Asterisks*** Message-ID: <1095@cwruecmp.UUCP> Date: Tue, 13-Mar-84 16:40:46 EST Article-I.D.: cwruecmp.1095 Posted: Tue Mar 13 16:40:46 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Mar-84 20:01:46 EST References: <5500001@hpfclg.UUCP>, <667@seismo.UUCP> Organization: CWRU Computer Engr. Cleveland, Ohio Lines: 16 Well, there seem to be some conventions developing in the use of various emphasizers. There are three kinds of emphasis in use, in order of popularity: 1) using CAPITAL LETTERS to make words look "louder", 2) using *asterisks* to put sparklers around emphasized words, and 3) s p a c i n g words o u t, possibly accompanied by 1) or 2). I usually use 1 or 2, whichever makes it clearer. For instance, if I'm talking about something that's already capitalized, or want to emphasize the word "I", *I* put asterisks around it. For underlining titles of books & so forth, I use \slashes/. The intended effect is that the word was underlined, but the line slipped out from underneath at the ends. Dave Decot