Subject: Motif Compound Strings
I would suggest that any text formatting be handled similar to
X-window Motif strings, which are a C-type XmString.
% The suggestion here is to use OSF's Compound Strings for English and
% non-English text in Internet email. (OSF happens to use C for their
% implementation of Motif, and `XmString' is the name of the type they
% use for Compound Strings.)
% One of the problems with using Compound Strings in Internet email, is
% that we cannot use them now and expect many people to be able to read
% them.
I strongly oppose this concept. It reeks of a proprietary bias (towards
both OSF & Motif) and is not a technical solution that we can use now
and expect people to read despite older mailers (as Erik noted above).
The richtext solution seems vastly preferable.
Ran
randall(_at_)Virginia(_dot_)EDU