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!allegra!bellcore!decvax!mcnc!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!ihnp4!cbosgd!osu-eddie!karl From: karl@osu-eddie.UUCP (Karl Kleinpaste) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: FYI: underlining/highlighting in news articles Message-ID: <3@osu-eddie.UUCP> Date: Mon, 3-Dec-84 16:00:24 EST Article-I.D.: osu-eddi.3 Posted: Mon Dec 3 16:00:24 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 19-Jan-85 00:26:13 EST References: <> <1951@nsc.UUCP> Organization: Society for the Advancement of Raw Weirdness Lines: 32 ---------- >1) These actions are NOT recommended because they only work if the terminal >on the other end happens to be compatible with yours. There are many >terminals out there guaranteed not to be, and control sequences can do >unexpected things and upset the person reading the article... > >2) Many versions of news eat any potentially dangerous control characters. >I believe that 2.10.2 (and perhaps 2.10.1) will only allow \n, \r, and \h, >making everything else go away. > >...This topic comes up every six months or >so, and every six months or so we remind people that doing these things is >potentially dangerous and shouldn't be done. ---------- First, I offer a general retraction of the suggestion. Fine. Second, the only "dangerous control character" I mentioned was backspace; I hardly suspect that there are many terminals for which this causes major heartbreak. I wasn't suggesting that raw escape sequences be inserted; gads, no. But, third,why in heaven's name was ***any*** news software ***ever*** created which could deal with this sort of thing if it was known to exploit the braindamage of people's terminals??? Exasperation begins to set in... -- From the badly beaten keyboards of best address---+ him who speaks in *TyPe* f-O-n-T-s... | V Karl Kleinpaste @ Bell Labs, Columbus 614/860-5107 {cbosgd,ihnp4}!cbrma!kk @ Ohio State University 614/422-0915 cbosgd!osu-eddie!karl