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| From | Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.software.thunderbird |
| Subject | Re: formatting doesn't nest |
| Date | 2026-10-01 22:40 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <119mk1b$1ipgn$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <119mg03$1he6t$1@dont-email.me> <ni7vj2F1j6iU2@mid.individual.net> <ni806nF1j6iU3@mid.individual.net> <119mj4b$1igjl$1@dont-email.me> |
On 01/10/2026 22:25, Jeff Layman wrote: > On 01/10/2026 22:04, Mike Easter wrote: >> Mike Easter wrote: >>> I think Tb calls that structured plaintext; >> >> Whew! I found it. It wasn't easy. >> >> https://kb.mozillazine.org/Plain_text_e-mail_-_Thunderbird#Structured_Text >> >> I knew it was in the m'zine kb, but it was also hard to get that to work >> starting from a conventional search engine. > > TB does nested structured test, which the mozillazine article doesn't > mention. The most important thing is that it won't do structured text > which wraps over two lines. > > /_This is structured text_/ > which works to show correctly nested italics and underlining Apologies. It doesn't work when the attribute marks are next to each other. Try this: _This is underlined with a word in /italics/ in the middle_ -- Jeff
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formatting doesn't nest "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-10-01 21:32 +0100
Re: formatting doesn't nest Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-10-01 13:53 -0700
Re: formatting doesn't nest Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-10-01 14:04 -0700
Re: formatting doesn't nest Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-01 22:25 +0100
Re: formatting doesn't nest "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-10-01 22:36 +0100
Re: formatting doesn't nest Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-01 22:40 +0100
Re: formatting doesn't nest Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-10-02 09:36 +0100
Re: formatting doesn't nest Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-02 09:41 +0100
Re: formatting doesn't nest "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-10-02 13:14 +0100
Re: formatting doesn't nest Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-10-02 09:34 +0100
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