[449] in Zephyr_Comments
Re: Formatting commands
amgreene@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (amgreene@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Thu May 24 18:24:45 1990
What I mean by OOB is (credit to jik for this idea) that the text of the
message is sent as an ascii stream, and there is another field saying
``start=5, end=23, function=bold. start=42, end=64, function=center.''
Either that, or convert the ``inline'' commands to hi-bit or escape
sequences that are NOT ascii. (The first method has the advantage of
allowing formatting commands to be ignored if the recipient wishes.)
As to the caching issues, I obviously intended for zwrite to be
rewritten as well as the server. But I see nothing wrong with bypassing
the server in cases where I have reasonable confidence in the channel.
If I want a kerberized message that will get to all instances of jik,
then I'll go through the server. If I want to say ``Yeah, we'll leave
for the KK in five minutes'' as part of a conversation about dinner,
I think the current model is overkill.
