[JDEV] client proposal

[Anders Qvist]

On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Jerrad Pierce wrote:

> message formatting.
> 
> a la zephyr
> 
> @style[text]
> 
> style           does                 alias
> @bold           Bold                 @b
> @center         Centered text        @c
> @huge           Huge text	     
> @italic         Italicized           @i
> @large          large text
> @plain          Normal text
> @right          Right aligned text
> @small          Small text
> 
> any bracketing tags can be used in place of [].
> styles can be imbeded ad infinitum
> 
> just a thought of course this means @ needs to be escaped if it wants to be
> displayed. but a smart parser should realize if there is no container tag,
> then no message formatting is to take place, and leave the @ alone
> 
> I realize a lot of people would probably want HTML style formatting, I don't
> see why both couldn't be implemented. Of course it's entirely up to the
> client.

Once the MIME proposal gets integrated, you can have any formatting style
you want; eg "Content-Type: text/x-jabber-formatted-with-weird-squiggles"
:)

Personally, I'd prefer using XML for formatting info, as this takes care
of any escaping and such.

Anders "Quest" Qvist
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