Raphael Proust <raphlalou_AT_gmail.com> writes:
>>> HTML is the most "logical" approach for formatting.
>>
>> What?
>
> Not sure. It actually looks like a troll whistle… I think it is a
> troll whistle.
No, it's not a troll whistle. I can get a troll bugle if I need to.
1. This deserves some explanation:
If you were going to translate Troff commands for email , would you
typeset these into...
a. PDF? - Yes, you could, people might get annoyed opening attachment
every single time. Same on TIFF or PNG.
b. PS ? - Uh?
c. HP LaserJet Printer Commands - Uh? Uh?
d. Text - Looking at man pages, it adds a lot of terminal commands, it
would not look nice in email.
e. HTML that's probably the "better" choice to typeset *output* for
email from troff considering the alternatives.
Yes, "but why don't you write in plain text". Good question.
2. Kurt, I misread you and I apologize. This is the email I was
referring to.
>> On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 01:21:40PM +0100, hiro wrote:
>> > typesetting? raw text can be typeset just fine with a keyboard. not
>> > sure what you're really up to.
>> >
>>
>> It is suckless answer to HTML email.
>>
> It might as well *be* HTML email.
Because it is. A rose of any other name is...
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Luis Anaya
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"Do not use 100 words if you can say it in 10" - Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Received on Sun Oct 28 2012 - 16:49:12 CET