Re: Improved (non-annoying) underlining

[Bill White <billw@wolfram.com>]

On Tue May 16 2000 at 16:19, Karl Kleinpaste <karl@charcoal.com> said:

[...]

  > When the following patch is applied, Gnus will stop underlining
  > (or emphasizing, generally) whitespace.  I would appreciate it if
  > some kind write-enabled soul would commit this to CVS.

Whoa! Can that be made customizable or something? I think whitespace
within text (not at the beginning of a line) should still be
underlined.

The new default is rather annoying when a style other than underlining
is used. See <url:http://members.wri.com/billw/underlining.jpg> (150Kb)

And speaking of improving underlining, punctuation in underlined text
disables underlining. Is there a way to fix that? (I haven't trawled
through the source).

Here's an excerpt from David Carter's Internet Public Library weekly
announcement of new books. Note the inconsistent highlighting of
underlined titles:

Goldsmith, Oliver. _The Vicar of Wakefield_.
http://www.bibliomania.com/Fiction/Goldsmith/Vicar/
Dewey Subjects:
     813.083 American and Canadian Sociological, Psychological, 
Realistic Fiction

Grace, Eric S. _Biotechnology Unzipped: Promises and Realities_.
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309057779/html/
Dewey Subjects:
     660.6 Chemical Engineering: Biotechnology
LC Subjects:
     Biotechnology -- Popular works
     Biotechnologie -- Ouvrages de vulgarisation

Greenwood, Granville George, Sir. _Shakespeare's Law_.
http://www.sourcetext.com/lawlibrary/greenwood/sl/00.htm
Dewey Subjects:
     822.39 History, Description, Criticism of Shakespeare
LC Subjects:
     Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Knowledge--Law

Guernsey, Rocellus Sheridan. _Ecclesiastical Law in Hamlet: The 
Burial of Ophelia_.
http://www.sourcetext.com/lawlibrary/guernsey/00.htm
Dewey Subjects:
     822.39 History, Description, Criticism of Shakespeare
LC Subjects:
     Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet
     Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation

Thanks!

bw
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