Re: THEORY ago

Philip Newton wrote:
> On 1/17/06, Tim May <butsuri@...> wrote:
>
>>caeruleancentaur wrote at 2006-01-17 13:59:10 (-0000)
>> > I believe that asterisks are used on the list for italics.  The
>> > italicized words above are in the original; they're not mine.
>>
>>One can use asterisks for italics, but _underscores_ are more common.
>
>
> For me, *asterisks* mark bold text, not italics.
The usual standard I know is:

  - *asterisks* mark emphasised text.
  - _underscores_ mark other uses of italics.
  - *asterisks*, further, are used when quoting bold text to maintain
    the boldness. In a plain text environment, there's generally little
    call for bolded text.

ISTR we've recently discussed this anyway.

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Tristan.