Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pucc-h Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!we13!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!CS-Mordred!Pucc-H:aeq From: aeq@pucc-h (Jeff Sargent) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: ***Asterisks*** Message-ID: <587@pucc-h> Date: Mon, 12-Mar-84 21:29:58 EST Article-I.D.: pucc-h.587 Posted: Mon Mar 12 21:29:58 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Mar-84 08:20:03 EST References: <5500001@hpfclg.UUCP> Organization: Purdue University Computing Center Lines: 11 Have you ever thought of CAPITALIZING words to emphasize them? You must have cut your programming teeth on a pre-ASCII system with only capitals, where some other means of emphasis (e.g. asterisks) is required. (I know; Purdue still has a trio of CDC 6000's, and I maintain the terminal system on them! In our local graffiti file, asterisks [one on each side of the word] are the normal way of emphasizing things.) However, on a full-ASCII system, capitals work WONDERS for emphasis (see?). -- -- Jeff Sargent {allegra|ihnp4|decvax|harpo|seismo|ucbvax}!pur-ee!pucc-h:aeq ...drifting along with the tumbling terminals....