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 Feb 9 2007, 02:17 AM
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Dragon  Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019  |
Whenever I edit a post with a lot of spoiler blocks, it destroys everything after the first spoiler block. Can you change that?
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Feb 11 2007, 04:19 PM
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The back-up plan Group: Retired Admins Posts: 8,423 Joined: 15-January 03 From: San Diego Member No.: 3,910 |
Emo--This is a problem that has been happening for awhile. Currently the work around is to copy all the text into a separate doc and edit it their and bring it back. You will need to re-type all of your spoiler tags and content.
I haven't tried it yet, but you may be able to "Quote" your post so that it includes all the tags and copy that text to minimize what you have to retype. HTH! |
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Feb 12 2007, 11:41 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
Okay... cool.
Do the admins know about this problem? |
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Feb 13 2007, 12:23 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
Yes, and personally, it drives me nuts. Unfortuantely, eidolon and I have limited abilities. Adam and Bull are the ones that would have to do anything, and they're both pretty swamped at the moment. In other words, make do until they get a chance to work on it I suppose.
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Feb 14 2007, 12:16 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51 |
We are aware of this bug -- and have been for years -- and it will not be fixed in this version of the software.
This is one of the reasons I do not suggest putting billions of spoiler tags in a post when posting a character sheet. |
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Feb 14 2007, 10:09 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
Have you talked to the people who made this software about the problem?
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Feb 15 2007, 03:22 AM
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Chrome to the Core Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,152 Joined: 14-October 03 From: ::1 Member No.: 5,715 |
It's an older version of the forum software, they most likely don't support it anymore (their response would be "upgrade and ask us if it's still broken").
Unfortunately, when software advances, you either advance with it or learn to fix it yourself. (Or both, but you don't usually have to.) |
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Feb 3 2008, 06:17 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,711 Joined: 15-June 06 Member No.: 8,716 |
Hmmm will this go away no that we upgraded??
block 1 block 2 Block 3 Hmmm this was spoilered with the insert button Hmmm looks like multi-spoilers work now but all the text was blacked out...... |
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Feb 5 2008, 06:52 PM
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Genuine Artificial Intelligence Group: Members Posts: 4,019 Joined: 12-June 03 Member No.: 4,715 |
So the new way to read spoilers is to highlight the blacked-out text? Is that how it is to be done? I'm not sure I like that, sometimes it was nice to hide huge blocks of text (like full character write-ups) in spoiler blocks, so that people could read them if they wanted. As it is, it would just turn into huge blocks of blacked-out text, right?
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Feb 5 2008, 10:10 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
The spoiler issue is being looked into by Redjack. He said he was going to do his best to put them back the way they were before.
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Feb 6 2008, 02:51 PM
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Man Behind the Curtain Group: Admin Posts: 14,871 Joined: 2-July 89 From: End of the Yellow-Brick Road Member No.: 3 |
Spoilers fixed..
AND you can edit a post with multiple spoilers now. |
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Feb 8 2008, 04:46 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,289 Joined: 20-April 04 Member No.: 6,260 |
When I edit a post sometimes the punctuation, such as apostrophes, dashes, quotes, etc. become blocks of unreadable code. Is this something fixable, and can we look forward to it being fixed in the future?
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Feb 8 2008, 07:39 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Just in the spoilers? Or anytime you edit a post? I do quite a bit of post editing and haven't noticed this phenomenon.
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Feb 8 2008, 10:27 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,289 Joined: 20-April 04 Member No.: 6,260 |
It's been predominantly in the spoilers, but once or twice today when I went to edit it happened in the main body of the post.
Editing a regular post elicits this problem much less frequently, at least in my experience to date. |
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Feb 9 2008, 04:45 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Retired Admins Posts: 1,784 Joined: 28-July 04 From: Cleveland, OH Member No.: 6,522 |
WinterRat1 -- could you please either post here, or if you'd prefer PM Redjack and myself with your OS and browser (and version numbers)? I haven't seen this behavior on any of my machines/browsers, and I'd like to try to replicate it.
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Feb 9 2008, 08:05 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,289 Joined: 20-April 04 Member No.: 6,260 |
QUOTE (the_dunner @ Feb 9 2008, 10:45 AM)  WinterRat1 -- could you please either post here, or if you'd prefer PM Redjack and myself with your OS and browser (and version numbers)? I haven't seen this behavior on any of my machines/browsers, and I'd like to try to replicate it. My apologies, I'm a technological idiot. How do I find my browser and version numbers? I have to check what my OS (I assume this means Operating System?) is. |
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Feb 9 2008, 09:19 PM
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Runner Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,020 Joined: 11-March 02 From: The MSP 'Plex Member No.: 2,326 |
I think it might have something to do with when one writes up a post in MS Word (yes, it's the devil or whatever) and then cuts and pastes it into a post. I know that's what I do and it often has those issues when editing later.
In my case (in case it helps with the diagnosis) it's Firefox (Latest Upgrade, as of 2/7 I believe) and Word 2007. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I know my quotes come out all wonky looking in the copying and some of the other chars too (dashes on occasion as well). Hope that helps! |
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Feb 9 2008, 09:47 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51 |
If you're writing text "offline" to paste into the forums, I highly recommend you always do it in a plain text editor. If the editor can save and read RTF files, there's always the chance for wackiness in certain characters.
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Feb 9 2008, 10:02 PM
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Runner Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,020 Joined: 11-March 02 From: The MSP 'Plex Member No.: 2,326 |
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Feb 9 2008, 10:12 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Retired Admins Posts: 1,784 Joined: 28-July 04 From: Cleveland, OH Member No.: 6,522 |
QUOTE (WinterRat1 @ Feb 9 2008, 03:05 PM) My apologies, I'm a technological idiot. How do I find my browser and version numbers? I have to check what my OS (I assume this means Operating System?) is. If you're on a Mac, then it's click on the Apple, and select "About this Mac" That'll pop up your OS version. (e.g. 10.4.10) If you're on windows, right-click the "My Computer" Icon and select properties. That should bring up a menu of information telling your version of Windows. (e.g. Windows 98 OSR2, Windows XP SP2, etc.) From the browser, there'll be an "About <Insert Browser Name Here>" either under the application menu (Mac) or under the help menu (Windows). e.g. Firefox 2.0.0.11 Since you're not a technophile, I'm guessing you're not on another flavor of Unix, so I won't go into those details. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Feb 9 2008, 11:01 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
If you're using OS/2 or Plan 9, you probably just need to say that and skip the version for right now.
~J |
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Feb 12 2008, 07:18 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Hah! I have discovered the issue!
Ok, the "quick edit" is broken past the point of uselessness into active harmfulness. It mangles unicode something fierce, and gives no warning while doing so. Testing to confirm: †…—¡ Testing with full edit: everything works Testing with quick edit: horribly broken Yeah, I recommend disabling quick editing. ~J |
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Feb 12 2008, 08:23 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
I have yet to use the Full Edit, and have use the Quick Edit feature well into the high double figures (almost triple by now), and have yet to experience any kind of problem.
I even used the Quick Edit on this post. |
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Feb 12 2008, 02:08 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
QUOTE (Fortune @ Feb 12 2008, 03:23 AM) I have yet to use the Full Edit, and have use the Quick Edit feature well into the high double figures (almost triple by now), and have yet to experience any kind of problem. I even used the Quick Edit on this post. You also didn't use any non-ASCII characters. ~J |
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Feb 12 2008, 02:36 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
You mean like â„¢?
Edit: Hmmmm... That was supposed to be ™. Edit #2: But editing a second (and third and fourth and fifth) time doesn't screw up the second or third instance of ™. Edit #3: I really like the Quick Edit feature, and am willing to edit ASCII characters in order to keep it. |
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