Kent Karlsson wrote: > There is already a standardised, "character level" (well, it is from > a character standard, though a more modern view would be that it is > a higher level protocol) way of specifying italics (and bold, and > underline, and more): > > \u001b[3mbla bla bla\u001b[0m > > Terminal emulators implement some such escape sequences.
And indeed, the forthcoming Unicode Technical Note we are going to be writing to supplement the introduction of the characters in L2/19-025, whether next year or later, will recommend ISO 6429 sequences like this to implement features like background and foreground colors, inverse video, and more, which are not available as plain-text characters. -- Doug Ewell | Thornton, CO, US | ewellic.org
