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Re: [xml2rfc] Unicode box-drawing for a new --table-borders value?

John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> Sat, 30 January 2021 19:08 UTC

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From: John Levine <johnl@taugh.com>
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Subject: Re: [xml2rfc] Unicode box-drawing for a new --table-borders value?
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In article <8735yje4kt.fsf@fifthhorseman.net> you write:
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>Hi xml2rfc folks--
>
>Now that we can include unicode characters in our text documents, has
>anyone considered adding a new type of --table-borders flag that uses
>the unicode box-drawing characters?

The text version is basically to provide some degree of backward
compatibility. If you want a version that is easy to read, I encourage
you to open your web browser and look at the HTML version.

R's,
John

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