I would use those two character quick-edits a lot. I would love them and squeeze them and call them George. I would feed them and take them for walks and eat all my broccoli.
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And when -t was busy? I'd do it for her.
Would it be counterintuitive for them to be: i> b> instead? I can see where >i could come up in regular parlance, but i> is less likely to.
I can see where >i could come up in regular parlance
since
i shouldn't come up in regular parlance, I was assuming that it would carry over to quoted text.
I'm not sure why I still feel that it should be >i and not i>. I'll have to think on it. I suspect it's because i> feels like a failed tag.
i at the end of a closing tag, I can easily see. At the beginning of a line, much less so, unless a lot of people are in the habit of starting their quote quickedits without the (optional) space. However, I have no sense of this for anyone who is not me.
i> looks less like a quotey thing to me than >i, but I'll admit to being wacky and counterintuitive about things like that. Either way, I'd be happy to have it and would get used to it.
since i shouldn't come up in regular parlance
Except for those internet-type people who don't capitalize in a civilized manner. And those of us who are prone to posting bits of E. E. Cummings.
But you're already busted, is what I mean. It's already going to cause problems.
Gotcha. Snark revoked (in the one instance only).
Yeah. Intuitive-wise, I feel like it should be >i, too. I just thought that i> might reduce the already-bustedness of the cummings types.
What would happen if you hit >>?
'>>i', for instance, would leave the closing '>' outside the tag. Since the combination is not a code, nothing. I don't think :i or :b or :s would come up in regular speech too often.