and indeed, it's not that difficult to write a converter that will change the underscore _form_of_italics_ into the other [i]form of italics[/i] that uses brackets. it's rather easy to see they are functionally equivalent.

Which is odd, because they aren't. How do you convert _th_operat_er_ to brackets? Is it [i]th[/i] operate [i]er[/i], or [i]th[/i]operate[i]er[/i] (which would be unsurprising in some of the Middle English editions I've been scanning)? Once again, you're going to blow this off as irrelevant, aren't you. -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm