Re: Encoding italic

I'd like to propose encoding italics and similar display attributes in
plain text using the following stateful mechanism:
 
• Italics on: ESC [3m
• Italics off: ESC [23m
• Bold on: ESC [1m
• Bold off: ESC [22m
• Underline on: ESC [4m
• Underline off: ESC [24m
• Strikethrough on: ESC [9m
• Strikethrough off: ESC [29m
• Reverse on: ESC [7m
• Reverse off: ESC [27m
• Reset all attributes: ESC [m
 
where ESC is U+001B.
 
This mechanism has existed for around 40 years and is already supported
as widely as any new Unicode-only convention will ever be.
 

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