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Re: Forum threads and other test feedback

Posted By: Pete Perez
Date: Tuesday, 8 October 2002, at 6:11 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Forum threads and other test feedback (Jonathan Leffler)

Well I'm both embarassed and amused! That is exactly what would happen
because I didn't consider that someone might actually use the character
entity codes in their posting. Excellent catch Jonathan.

Pete
pete@tradetips.com
"I didn't suffer from insanity until JL started testing my code; I
think he's enjoying every minute of it!"

>
> Interestingly, I sent some characters marked up using
ampersand, 'l', 't',
> semi-colon and ampersand, 'g', 't', semi-colon and they came back on
my
> screen translated to the corresponding single ASCII characters. I've
no
> idea whether that was Notes doing it for me, or whether it was the
mailing
> list. It is a horridly tricky area to deal with. Regard this as an
FYI.
>
> --
> Jonathan Leffler (jleffler@us.ibm.com)
> STSM, Informix Database Engineering, IBM Data Management Solutions
> 4100 Bohannon Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
> Tel: +1 650-926-6921 Tie-Line: 630-6921
> "I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it!"
>
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> | | <pete@tradetips.c|
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> Maybe I better slow down when I reply! I should have been more clear
> about the HTML code.
>
> It is possible to send HTML code as part of the posting and it will
> appear in the posting as typed. However, the HTML will be not be
> interpreted by the browser because those < and > characters that
> identify HTML are changed to character entities code.
>
> Pete
>
> > Hi Jonathan,
> >
> > I completely agree with you. In fact I was so uncomfortable with the
> > inabiltiy to use the < sign that I reworked that area of the code to
> > ensure that every character on the 101 Enhanced US keyboard now
works
> > including HTML code.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Pete
> >
> > >
> > > With all due respect, not being able to use a less-than sign (<)
is
> > > nonsense. I fully agree that HTML should not be used, but
> > prohibiting a
> > > rather important character like less-than is not acceptable.
> > > For example, technical discussions need to be able to include
> sample C
> > > code, such as:
> > > #include <stdio.h>
> > > int main(void)
> > > {
> > > puts("Prohibiting the use of less-than will not fly in
> the
> > > medium term, let alone the long term!");
> > > return(0);
> > > }
> > >
> > > You need a better HTML detection system, and the better system
must
> > allow
> > > <stdio.h> (that is, <stdio.h>) through unharmed, for example,
while
> > > legitimately removing tags such as <HTML> (that is, <HTML>).
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jonathan Leffler (jleffler@us.ibm.com)
> > > STSM, Informix Database Engineering, IBM Data Management Solutions
> > > 4100 Bohannon Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
> > > Tel: +1 650-926-6921 Tie-Line: 630-6921
> > > "I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it!"
> > >
> > >
> > > |---------+---------------------------->
> > > | | "Pete Perez" |
> > > | | <pete@tradetips.c|
> > > | | om> |
> > > | | Sent by: |
> > > | | forum.subscriber@|
> > > | | iiug.org |
> > > | | |
> > > | | |
> > > | | 10/06/2002 05:55 |
> > > | | PM |
> > > | | |
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> > > | To: linux-
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> > > |
> >
> cc:
> > |
> > > | Subject: Re: Forum threads and other test feedback
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> > >
> > >
> > > More changes due to feedback from linux-informix subscribers:
> > >
> > > 1. Web posting is now much faster, but will result in a short
delay
> > (about
> > > a minute) in the message appearing in the message index.
> > >
> > > 2. Spaces are now respected in postings. This should help a great
> > deal when
> > > posting code examples where indenting is important.
> > >
> > > 3. Some characters used in postings were not displayed properly.
The
> > > following characters can now be used in the message body:
> > >
> > > ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + | \ + - ? " ' : ; , > =
> > >
> > > Please note that HTML code will be removed from postings, hence
> > the "less
> > > than" sign can't be used.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Pete
> > >
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Messages In This Thread

Forum threads and other test feedback
Pete Perez -- Thursday, 26 September 2002, at 3:00 p.m.
- Re: Forum threads and other test feedback
  Sean R. Durity -- Thursday, 26 September 2002, at 3:42 p.m.
- Correction
  Pete Perez -- Thursday, 26 September 2002, at 4:47 p.m.
  - RE: Correction
    Habichtsberg, R. -- Friday, 27 September 2002, at 12:32 a.m.
    - Re: RE: Correction
      Pete Perez -- Friday, 27 September 2002, at 11:52 a.m.
- Re: Forum threads and other test feedback
  Pete Perez -- Friday, 4 October 2002, at 9:09 p.m.
- Re: Forum threads and other test feedback
  Pete Perez -- Sunday, 6 October 2002, at 8:55 p.m.
  - Re: Forum threads and other test feedback
    Jonathan Leffler -- Tuesday, 8 October 2002, at 3:02 p.m.
    - Re: Forum threads and other test feedback
      Pete Perez -- Tuesday, 8 October 2002, at 3:10 p.m.
      - Re: Forum threads and other test feedback
        Pete Perez -- Tuesday, 8 October 2002, at 3:18 p.m.
        
        Re: Forum threads and other test feedback
        Jonathan Leffler -- Tuesday, 8 October 2002, at 5:04 p.m.
        
        Re: Forum threads and other test feedback
        Pete Perez -- Tuesday, 8 October 2002, at 6:11 p.m.

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