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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Ya'll probably have dealt with this already but
here is the usage case</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>My son and I are are typing my recently deceased
Dad's memoirs from the Manhattan project.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I'm saying to son: "if you can't figure out what it
says, type the characters you are sure about. Use '?' marks for the letters that
you aren't sure about."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Ultimately this is ASCII with the most
minimal of markup.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Question: what markup will be least cumbersome (and
hence most recommended) within a plain text document that may ultimately be
converted (automagically) to HTML5, assuming, in the meantime, that we may stoop
so low as to put it in HTML4. I know folks claim HTML5 will never break the
web, but those folks and I have some beer to drink before we see eye to eye
on that subject, having seen the web break so many times in the last 1.7 decades
since I started playing with HTML at NCSA. Let us say I am a skeptic.
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>cheers</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>David</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>