Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site osu-eddie.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!cbosgd!osu-eddie!karl From: karl@osu-eddie.UUCP Newsgroups: net.news Subject: FYI: underlining/highlighting in news articles Message-ID: <132@osu-eddie.UUCP> Date: Sat, 1-Dec-84 16:22:33 EST Article-I.D.: osu-eddi.132 Posted: Sat Dec 1 16:22:33 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 2-Dec-84 05:44:35 EST Sender: karl@osu-eddie.UUCP Organization: Society for the Advancement of Raw Weirdness Lines: 24 Greetings. I have received quite a bit of mail in the recent past from people who are wondering how I get reverse-video or underlining into my net postings. I found out about it only accidentally myself, but here is what you do: You insert sequences of "underscore-backspace-character" in order to get "character" highlighted. Test lines: _T_h_e_s_e _t_h_r_e_e _l_i_n_e_s _a_r_e _e_n_t_i_r_e_l_y _h_i_g_h_l_i_g_h_t_e_d_. _I_f _y_o_u _d_o _n_o_t _s_e_e _t_h_e_m _a_s _b_e_i_n_g _h_i_g_h_l_i_g_h_t_e_d_, _(_1_) _y_o_u_r _n_e_w_s _s_o_f_t_w_a_r_e _[_o_r _p_e_r_h_a_p_s _m_o_r_e_(_1_)_] _d_o_e_s _n_o_t _s_u_p_p_o_r_t _i_t_, _o_r _(_2_) _y_o_u_r _t_e_r_m_c_a_p _d_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n _c_o_n_t_a_i_n_s _n_o _u_s_/_u_e _f_i_e_l_d_s_. If your terminal doesn't support underlining, try setting us/ue to be the same thing as the so/se (standout, or highlight) fields. This is a great improvement over attempts to "highlight" phrases using *asterisks*, CAPITALIZATION, \weird slashes/, or s p a c e d w o r d s. If you still don't understand what I mean, save this article, and look at it with a visual editor (vi, emacs), or with od(1). -- From the badly beaten keyboards of best address---+ him who speaks in _*_T_y_P_e_* _f-_O-_n-_T-_s... | V Karl Kleinpaste @ Bell Labs, Columbus 614/860-5107 {cbosgd,ihnp4}!_c_b_r_m_a_!_k_k @ Ohio State University 614/422-0915 cbosgd!osu-eddie!karl