Hi, 2017-11-06 18:58 GMT+01:00 Sam Whited <s...@samwhited.com>: > The XMPP Extensions Editor has received a proposal for a new XEP. > > Title: Styling > > Abstract: > >> This specification defines a plain-text formatting syntax for use in >> exchanging instant messages with simple text styling. > > URL: https://xmpp.org/extensions/inbox/styling.html
thank you for writing that XEP. I have just one remark. I'd get rid of the "Inline styling directives may also be doubled to allow the single character version of the directive to be styled." rule. First of all trying to create some kind of 'escaping' is a battle you can't win. What if I want to put two * in there? More importantly **some*t*thing** is no longer human readable. Or I wouldn't really know what to make of this. The interesting aspect of Message Styling is that these are things people would more or less naturally type even if there wouldn't be any styling at all. But the double **some*t*hing** isn't. I also looked at other system (WhatsApp, Slack) and neither of them have something to escape the keywords. cheers Daniel P.S.: The current beta version of Conversations has something like this implemented (minus the doubling, minus the code blocks (I'm not against code blocks though) _______________________________________________ Standards mailing list Info: https://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/standards Unsubscribe: standards-unsubscr...@xmpp.org _______________________________________________
