Bug in the editing feature

[Imar]

Hi all,

There is a little bug in the forum that has been troubling me for some time. When you edit your post, some HTML tags are replaced with their Snitz equivalents. For example, try this:

1. Create a new message, and add the following code:

  [code]
  Hi, I am a code example.<br />
  <br />
  [/code]

2. Click the Post New Reply button.

3. Click the Edit Reply button, to get back to the message editor:
The code now looks like this:

  [code]
  Hi, I am a code example.[br]
  [br]
  [/code]

The real HTML line breaks have been replaced with Snitz equivalents, causing a true line break in the code example, instead of the intended br element in the code text.

Is this something that can be fixed? I messed up a few HTML code examples already, and I don't feel like replacing the Snitz codes every time I edit a message....
Cheers,

Imar
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Imar Spaanjaars
Everyone is unique, except for me.
While typing this post, I was listening to: Man Next Door by Massive Attack (Track 7 from the album: Mezzanine) What's This?

[bluckcuck]

I tried testing your example but couldn't cause the bug you are reporting.

In all cases, editing the posts (even multiple times) leaves the <br /> intact.

Maybe there's some other sequence of events that causes the problem?

Bruce Luckcuck
Director, Applications & Support Services
Wiley Publishing, Inc.

[Imar]

I can at least successfully reproduce it when I edit an *existing* post, like this one.
Here are the steps to reproduce:

1. Create a message with a code block with two HTML breaks.
2. Post the message
3. Click Edit to edit the message
4. Make a change to your message, and make a spelling mistake so you get to see the Edit Reply button. Click the button to return to your message.
5. Now your breaks will be changed to Snitz code...

Imar

[Ben Horne]

Wait a minute!

Isn't HTML code turned off for this forum? I'm just a bit curious about your situation because I believe that the reason you're experiencing this is because HTML is off.

Ben Horne
Madison Area Technical College - Truax
3550 Anderson Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53704-2599


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[bluckcuck]

Yes, HTML is turned off.

No, this is not what's causing the problem.

Bruce Luckcuck
Director, Applications & Support Services
Wiley Publishing, Inc.

[Imar]

Hi Bruce,

Were you able to reproduce the problem? If not, do you need more info to reproduce the problem?
If it's too much trouble, don't worry about it. It's not a big issue, but if it's an easy fix, I would be glad to see it gone....
Somehow it looks like that "on edit", too much gets escaped or encoded....

Cheers,

Imar

[bluckcuck]

Okay.

I think I have the problem fixed. The key to the problem was editing after a spellcheck error.

Let me know if you find any more problems.

Bruce Luckcuck
Director, Applications & Support Services
Wiley Publishing, Inc.

[Imar]

Yeah, it looks like that was indeed the only situation where it occurred [I do make a lot of typos; I am so happy with the spell-check feature ;) ]

Thanks for fixing this so quickly.

Cheers,

Imar
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Imar Spaanjaars
Everyone is unique, except for me.
While typing this post, I was listening to: Citizen erased by Muse (Track 13 from the album: Hullabaloo) What's This?