On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Rajeev J Sebastian < rajeev.sebast...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 6:15 PM, nishandh M <pro.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "Why differential emphasis of text?" : (these are known facts, but needs > to > > be elaborated, owing to the solid NO-RTF/HTML cry in the posts): > > > > When we make a post considering an extended range of readers,(from the > busy > > contributors to --especially-- the newbie user) , we may have to expand a > > lot. A long post is not preferred in Mailing List, and giving some > emphasis > > to relevant part of it makes it easier for the busy men. > > > > Ways to asssert emphasis to parts of text: > > make Bold, Italics, connect with underscore, alter colour, give highlight > > etc > > Part of these methods add additional 'text tags' or non readable 'format > > data' to the paragraph. [a paragraph in terms of text renderers is a > string > > of letters, which continues until we press 'enter' key.A new paragraph is > > born when 'enter' is pressed. Here the paragraph is different from its > > conventional literary sense.'Shift+Enter' is the right way to make a > > literary paragraph] > > Not sure where you learned this, but in most software pressing Enter > starts a new paragraph, whereas Shift-Enter simply starts a new line. > For e.g., OOo 3.1.1 has that behaviour. If you turn on "Non-printing > characters" in the View menu, you can easily see the Pilcrow at the > end of paragraphs and a Line Feed character at the end of forced line > breaks. > @ Rajiv what did you correct? In the last sentance, I overlooked adding 'make up' instead of 'make' . > > > > > Now if some people want to use Stone age software to read the > communications > > which exploits possibility of 21st century protocols and compliant > > softwares, it absolutely OK for them to. [i havent had a single drop of > 21st > > century allopathic medicine in my blood stream for some 6 years] > Everybody > > has the right to adopt their ways and declare it, but no right to force > it. > > > > You have been given some options to do this. You could for e.g., write > a blog post with all the formatting you want, and post a link here to > the list. Or you can exploit "21st century" or in fact 20th century > protocols, and include multipart email messages, with a plain text > version, an RTF version and an HTML version. > > As far as you not using modern medical technology, well, you are > endangering yourself and in some ways, endangering the rest of society > as well. But you are free to damage your fellow man in any way you > want. > > > > -------------------------------- > > > > Consolidation regarding RTF-HTML / Plain text usage: > > > > > > Do not use any formating which adds additional characters to the original > > text, which gets displayed in the less-able software systems. > > As far as I know, BOLD and ITALIC adds no additional visible characters > in > > such scenarios. These can be used in a positive way. As it consumes time > and > > effort to differentiate parts of text, it would be recommended only at > > special circumsatnces. > > Like the following: the posts are very long, but cutting it short > > compromises readability of non-expert user . > > > > Not sure what you're trying to accomplish here. If it was to establish > your identity, then hey, you've done it. Now, we all know who > "nishandh" is and how much he has contributed to making this a sane > mailing list, especially his contributions in formalizing something > we've all known for years. > > Thank You! > > Regards > Rajeev J Sebastian > > -- > "Freedom is the only law". > "Freedom Unplugged" > http://www.ilug-tvm.org > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "ilug-tvm" group. > To control your subscription visit > http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe > To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > > For details visit the google group page: > http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en > -- #//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////# "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" Leonardo da Vinci #//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////# -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en