Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Monochrome and readability Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 14:50:20 -0700 Organization: A place where nothing fits quite right Lines: 20 Message-ID: <20261012145020.00007910@gmail.com> References: <118beuc$2eit0$1@dont-email.me> <20260915152306.528e346e@peinard.chezmoi> <6wSxS.2350$kpNb.1504@fx16.iad> <11ae0r8$1ekkj$3@paganini.bofh.team> <0b2cndpIwK0LkVb3nZ2dnZfqn_udnZ2d@giganews.com> <11afk45$2fi80$2@dont-email.me> <2tadnUCJXZEg91H3nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@giganews.com> <11aji8h$3vq17$3@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 21:50:24 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="4184840"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+mXTu5MQLaKTC1IOYA7+rn3UokkZztINI="; posting-host="81a588eaef42a1faf99de70b17a90671" Cancel-Lock: sha1:i2MhDE/s9bmMcpSrOIu5LliFLu0= sha256:oLjYKeigeZdDGMS/yo2zjoba8FMz8R92nEC9CpPtdak= sha1:7eg7/WdYBSaKZJkvLyDd8T/GFaM= sha256:9ME+n2GnLLbeQZ00tK5Ptz+BDl/+/gkuV3W1LBDG5f8= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:93549 On Mon, 12 Oct 2026 21:08:33 -0000 (UTC) Lawrence D=E2=80=99Oliveiro wrote: > Only one major word processor had such a mode -- or needed it. > That was WordPerfect. >=20 > Other word processors didn=E2=80=99t have any embedded =E2=80=9Ccodes=E2= =80=9D that they could > =E2=80=9Creveal=E2=80=9D. What you saw was what you got. That's an absurd thing to say - *all* rich-text word-processors have embedded formatting info, otherwise they would have no means by which to save the specifics of the rich-text properties. (At least, prior to the advent of Unicode's Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block - but using this for styled text is a Bad Idea no matter how popular it is with the fondleslab TweetSky crowd, because it's pure hell for accessibility: https://kence.org/2020/10/02/accessibility-of-unicode-as-styled-text/ )