Re: Gemini markup extensions [Was: Re: a solution for emphasis]

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From: reidrac@minibox.invalid

Subject: Re: Gemini markup extensions [Was: Re: a solution for emphasis]

Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2022 15:13:54 +0000

Message-ID: <sur1fi$ljt$1@gioia.aioe.org>

On 07/02/2022 14:53, Winston wrote:

Gustaf Erikson posted:

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So, then,

"*SURPRISE*!!" would match (assuming word separation),

"*a*b*c*d*" would (with word separation) unambiguously be <em>a*b*c*d</em>,

"*a*b*c*d" would not match (be rendered as written), and

"Please be _very_ careful." would contain <u>very</u>.

Thunderbird seems to render these correctly (as expected at least;

Also TB doesn't remove characters, only adds string, underling or

italics as /required/.

Isn't this a subset of textile? https://textile-lang.com/

It was supported in a number of forums around 2000s. Or maybe it has a

different name, I don't know.

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