wish list: underscore

wish list: underscore

[Sean Sieger]

In Org files putting an underscore at each of a word begets an ugly
underline that extends to the original underscores and doubles them.

In Gnus mail putting an underscore at each end of a _word_ begets an
expected result of underlining the word itself.

I wish that Org would do that too, or at least leave it alone like say
info does.

Re: wish list: underscore

[Carsten Dominik]

On May 10, 2010, at 10:43 PM, Sean Sieger wrote:

> In Org files putting an underscore at each of a word begets an ugly
> underline that extends to the original underscores and doubles them.
>
> In Gnus mail putting an underscore at each end of a _word_ begets an
> expected result of underlining the word itself.
>
> I wish that Org would do that too, or at least leave it alone like say
> info does.

(setq org-hide-emphasis-markers t)


But I have never used this, so I am not sure if this does not have  
unwanted side effect, for example in table formatting.

Besides, I think underlining is supposed to be italics of bold these  
days / underlining is really a leftover from mechanical typewriters


For example:

"The APA Style Manual favors italics, especially for manuscripts being  
prepared for publication; however, underlining text is acceptable if  
you are using a typewriter or a word processing program that does not  
have an italics function."

HTH

- Carsten

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- Carsten