Bugs and Suggestions

7-Oct-15 4:58

It was an issue with our Lucene server, not a cache issue. All fixed.

cheers
Chris Maunder

Leave my HTML ALONE!

#realJSOP5-Oct-15 6:28

5-Oct-15 6:28

Why does the article/tip submission wizard litter my articles with artificial paragraph tags. It really screws up my layout. (And yes, I'm checking the "Leave my HTML alone" checkbox.)

While I'm here, it also refuses to correctly interpret pointy brackets in pre blocks, even though the language is correctly identified in the tags.

".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

Chris Maunder5-Oct-15 6:42

5-Oct-15 6:42

Can you please send me the raw HTML you want to put in the editor and then let me know where you're seeing redundant p's. If I can't fix it I may at least be able to offer an explanation (or even a post-processing button to clean it up).

Also an example of the pointy brackets.

cheers
Chris Maunder

#realJSOP5-Oct-15 7:58

5-Oct-15 7:58

When I submit an article, I don't put in extraneous tags. After I submit it, if I go back to edit it, I find numerous instances of this:

HTML

<p>& nbsp;</p> (ignore the space, I didn't know how to show the nbsp; thing otherwise)

I did not put those in. If I go back through and delete them, and then go back and edit the article again, they're back. I also don't like the ascii replacements for quotes. It just clutters up the markup (but I kinda understand why you might want to do that).

In any case, the paragraph tags cause unwanted double/triple spacing and just basically craps up my articles. That's my main complaint.

And BTW, I always edit my articles in source mode so I can see the html.

Chris Maunder5-Oct-15 8:22

5-Oct-15 8:22

use & to show the HTML entity for an "&".

Which article? If you clean out the empty paragraph tags and then go back, does it add them back?

(and which browser? Please no IE7. Please...)

cheers
Chris Maunder

#realJSOP6-Oct-15 1:53

6-Oct-15 1:53

Yes. That's exactly what happens. When I save it, they're put back in.

This is the article in question. Documenting SQL Stored Procs in C# Code[^]

Using IE 11.

Chris Maunder6-Oct-15 2:06

6-Oct-15 2:06

I've just edited it in Chrome and in IE11 and I can't replicate your issue in either.

I'm stumped.

cheers
Chris Maunder

#realJSOP7-Oct-15 5:54

QA bug part of code hidden in codeblock

7-Oct-15 5:54

Well, whatever you did fixed that article. Thanks.

Patrice T4-Oct-15 6:24

Patrice T

4-Oct-15 6:24

End of code is hidden in codeblock
Find the line no or column no display in message box when Error occurred at runtime[^]

Patrice

“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein

Markdown gremlins in a codblock

Richard MacCutchan4-Oct-15 6:01

Richard MacCutchan

4-Oct-15 6:01

I added a solution to a QA convert vba into c program to call a dll function[^] including some code. The first two lines of code should look like:

C++

char *p1, *p2, *p3;
p1 = (char*)malloc(255);  // allocate a buffer of 255 characters

but the asterisk in front of p3 has been taken as the start of italic font, so it actually shows as:

C++

char *p1, *p2, p3;
p1 = (char)malloc(255);  // allocate a buffer of 255 characters

Chris Maunder5-Oct-15 5:20

5-Oct-15 5:20

Looks good now, but the trick is you escape the * with a \

cheers
Chris Maunder

Richard MacCutchan5-Oct-15 5:28

Richard MacCutchan

5-Oct-15 5:28

But now it shows the backslash. Shouldn't markdown be totally disabled inside <pre> blocks?

Chris Maunder5-Oct-15 6:39

5-Oct-15 6:39

Welcome to Markdown. We specialise in making your subtle formatting a nightmare.

I'm working on my own Markdown processor to handle exactly this kind of issue. Yes - another wheel for the world. Maybe I patent it.

cheers
Chris Maunder

Could you please delete my account?

Matt T Heffron5-Oct-15 7:10

Matt T Heffron

5-Oct-15 7:10

Richard MacCutchan wrote:
Shouldn't markdown be totally disabled inside <pre> blocks?

Yes, I agree!!!
If I use a <pre> block, then don't add additional markdown processing!

"Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed."
- G.K. Chesterton

Member 120318634-Oct-15 6:00

Member 12031863

4-Oct-15 6:00

Could you please delete my account? I only made it to download one file. I don't need it anymore. Delete it from your database please - I will be most thankful.

Re: Could you please delete my account?

Richard MacCutchan4-Oct-15 6:14

Richard MacCutchan

4-Oct-15 6:14

Go to your settings page[^] and select "Close my account", and "Save my Settings".

highlight support in QA

Patrice T3-Oct-15 8:18

Patrice T

3-Oct-15 8:18

When writing an answer, highlight is partially supported, if the answer is improved, it is not supported at all.

<pre lang="cs">// This is an important variable name
int <span class="highlight">myVar</span> = 0;
</pre>

This don't work in QA as the result is:

// This is an important variable name
int myVar

The = 0; at the end is missing.
And if you improve the answer, it get encoded

Look at Article writing: How to change the background color in code block[^] Solution 2

Patrice

“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein

modified 3-Oct-15 15:05pm.

Re: highlight support in QA

Chris Maunder18-Oct-15 15:44