| From: | Curt Esser |
| Date: | 21 Sep 99 at 09:55:02 |
| Subject: | Re: GTText gadgets |
Hi Mikkel
On 19-Sep-99, Mikkel L�kke wrote:
>> It appears both bold. And heres why. ANYTHING enclosed within *'s is
>> bold,
> not
>> just singular words. THis is mentioned in the YAM docs.
>
> No, but according to the standards, (I can't remember which, it's ANSI
> something) it's only *supposed* to be single words, it's not tags like in
> HTML, the reason is that otherwise text will get distorted... Check this
> out :
>
> "You then have to connect wire #2 with the pin labeled _GND+ and solder
> the green wire onto the 555 timer circuit"
>
> Okay, so now after this breif electronics statement everything is totally
> fucked up. In YAM. Load the message into SPOT or THOR or another program
> that UNDERSTANDS the standard, and you'll see the above text correctly (or
> turn of text styles)
Bad example (the above works fine in YAM) but you're right - it should
support them properly.
The real problem in YAM is if you have more than one "*" symbol or any of
the others on one line, like this (the variables should both be pointers):
*mywindow=*wind1
Later...
Yours electronically,
Curt Esser
camge@ix.netcom.com
http://members.xoom.com/Curt_Esser/
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