Re: A last missing link for interoperable representation

[James Kass via Unicode]

Tex Texin wrote,

> ... However, the fact that there is a rich text solution for italics
> isn't helpful to plain text users.

Truer words were never spoken.

> In the '90s it made sense to resist styling plain text. In the 2020's,
> with more than 100k characters, numerous pictures and character
> adornments, it seems anachronistic to be arguing against a handful
> of control characters that would standardize a common text
> requirement. Most rendering systems will handle it easily and any
> plain text editor or other software that supports a combining
> strikethrough character would easily adapt a combining italicize or
> a combining bold character.

Exactly.  William Overington has already posted a proof-of-concept here:
https://forum.high-logic.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=7831
... using a P.U.A. character /in lieu/ of a combining formatting or VS 
character.  The concept is straightforward and works properly with 
existing technology.