Forum Issues
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wrote on 28 Aug 2020, 12:04 last edited by George K
Just pasted a quote from an article and got insetting "highlights."
The highlighted part of the pasted text is between apostrophes in the original.
Looks like some plug-in is making stuff between apostrophes highlighted if they're part of quoted text, but not in original post.
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wrote on 28 Aug 2020, 12:18 last edited by Klaus
This is's a test'. Test.
This is
anothertest.@George-K this behavior occurs independently of quotes. It only occurs with backticks (`) not regular apostrophes (').
It's a longstanding part of Markdown. Is it really a problem? Usually, backticks are used very seldomly in normal text.
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wrote on 28 Aug 2020, 12:29 last edited by
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-05-15-8902010248-story.html
''Think about it,'' he says. ''Dalton and Waldenbooks aren
t concerned with service. They arent concerned with ideals. Theyre only concerned with economics. Lets cut the price. Look what theyve done to the greatest thing in the world, books-denigrated them to the point where theyre nothing but cans of beans.'' -
wrote on 28 Aug 2020, 12:30 last edited by
I modified my post above with the reply.
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wrote on 28 Aug 2020, 12:41 last edited by Klaus
In some circumstances it's quite useful to have a way to disable automatic formatting etc. (called "quotation" in CS lingo), and that's what the backtick is for.
!!! warning [Warning]: Nerd alert: The following text isn't suitable for normal humans. Caution advised.
For instance, let's say you want to explain how to write a word in italics. Using backticks, I can write that
_foo_produces foo. I produced_foo_by writing`_foo_`. Your next question might be how to produce`_foo_`. You do that by writing`` `_foo_` ``. -
wrote on 30 Sept 2020, 09:50 last edited by
Some data about forum usage.
Interesting glitch in mid August. Also interesting that page views by bots have gone down so suddenly. Presumably the result of a software update.
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Oh that dip is just when @jon-nyc said he was going to post his 1994 spring break beach photos.
wrote on 30 Sept 2020, 10:01 last edited by jon-nyc@89th said in Forum Issues:
Oh that dip is just when @jon-nyc said he was going to post his 1994 spring break beach photos.
Florida Keys with my girlfriend Monica and her mother, who we brought along to cheer up as she was newly divorced. I rented a convertible.
I was already working, but as Monica was in her 3rd year of law school it was in fact her spring break.
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@89th said in Forum Issues:
Oh that dip is just when @jon-nyc said he was going to post his 1994 spring break beach photos.
Florida Keys with my girlfriend Monica and her mother, who we brought along to cheer up as she was newly divorced. I rented a convertible.
I was already working, but as Monica was in her 3rd year of law school it was in fact her spring break.
wrote on 30 Sept 2020, 12:35 last edited by@jon-nyc fun pics!
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wrote on 30 Sept 2020, 15:13 last edited by
Jon, your early days pictures always look like SR Formica artwork.
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wrote on 1 Oct 2020, 07:07 last edited by
Jon, you have a big head.
Just thought you ought to know.But on the bright side! -- a big head sticking out of the top of a Vette looks just the right size!!
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wrote on 7 Oct 2020, 23:40 last edited by
Am I missing something?
Is there a way to insert a poll?
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wrote on 8 Oct 2020, 00:01 last edited by
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wrote on 9 Oct 2020, 12:53 last edited by
Goddamit, looks like a tiny update to the emoji plugin once again somehow disabled the Twitter plugin.
<insert very violent swearing here>
will investigate...
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wrote on 9 Oct 2020, 13:03 last edited by Klaus 10 Sept 2020, 13:08
Do you know what will save us from an evil group taking over the internet?
It's not security mechanisms, or encryption, or passwords. It's software interoperability, or rather, the lack thereof. It's just too damn hard and too much work to make everything fit together.
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wrote on 9 Oct 2020, 13:14 last edited by
Ok, I re-installed a couple of plugins and everything seems to work again. Please let me know if you notice anything unusual.
