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4-Jun-20 1:19

On submission, my articles keep getting tagged with

XML, Objective-C, Text, Markdown, yaml

even though I clear them and don't ask for tags to be auto-filled. Something must be looking at the code .zip file and deciding that .md, .txt, and .vcxproj files call for these tags to be added. Not all the articles get all of these tags; some get a subset or none at all.

I would strongly suggest that, unless an article has provided no tags at all, its tags be left alone.

Image width not set?

Greg Utas4-Jun-20 0:19

Robust Services Core | Software Techniques for Lemmings | Articles

4-Jun-20 0:19

The first image (about halfway through) in this article[^] spills over the right margin, but all the others are OK. I thought I hadn't set its width properly, but it's the same as all the others. Then I figured maybe it was Firefox, but it's the same in Edge. And a preview of the article displays correctly!

Richard MacCutchan4-Jun-20 0:27

4-Jun-20 0:27

All the images look correct (plenty of space to the right) to me on Chrome 83.0.4103.61.

Greg Utas4-Jun-20 0:44

Robust Services Core | Software Techniques for Lemmings | Articles

4-Jun-20 0:44

That's curious, so I looked at the HTML source. The first image is called out very differently and has a width of 700 instead of the 600 that was set for it.

Richard MacCutchan4-Jun-20 1:05

4-Jun-20 1:05

My mistake, I read your original question as "spills over the page". It is, as you say, 700 rather than 600 wide.

Sean Ewington4-Jun-20 4:16

Sean Ewington

4-Jun-20 4:16

It seemed to have some margins on it? I think I fixed it.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Greg Utas4-Jun-20 6:50

Robust Services Core | Software Techniques for Lemmings | Articles

4-Jun-20 6:50

I'm fairly certain it was the same as all the others: width=600, left margin=50, which centers it. It has a width of 700 and no margin now, so at least it doesn't go past the right margin. All the other ones were OK, but the HTML source for the first image was different in the preview and published versions. I guess we can wait and see what happens the next time the article is revised.

Minor presentation issues

Peter_in_27803-Jun-20 15:59

Peter_in_2780

3-Jun-20 15:59

1. In the lounge, the top left "recent things" box is often "empty", as in it shows the "Loading" spinner for a few seconds, then says "No .... found".

2. In the forums, there is a \uFFFD replacement character in the bottom right corner, after "1 2 3 4 5 ... Next". I guess there's a speck of dirt in the source somewhere, upsetting UTF encoding.

Neither of these is a show-stopper, but if you're poking round...

Cheers,
Peter

Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012

Published articles still in approval queue

Greg Utas2-Jun-20 15:00

Robust Services Core | Software Techniques for Lemmings | Articles

2-Jun-20 15:00

It is currently 20:57 EDT and the home page is telling me that "1 item needs approval", namely this article[^]. If I click on its Revisions, it shows that it has been publicly available since 16:46 EDT. These mismatches started occurring recently, but this is the first time that I've seen one persist for this long.

EDIT: It's not a case of the article having been revised and resubmitted, because I noticed this when I approved it but received no reputation points.

modified 2-Jun-20 21:08pm.

Matthew Dennis4-Jun-20 11:05

4-Jun-20 11:05

I've been trying to catch one of these, but haven't been successful.
I'll keep trying, but if you see another, please tell me about it.

"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."

Greg Utas4-Jun-20 11:17

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4-Jun-20 11:17

OK, will do. I don't recall seeing one since.

Matthew Dennis4-Jun-20 11:24

4-Jun-20 11:24

Great. Chris was doing some work in that area, so he may temporarily over improved something Smile | :)

"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."

Addition to the reporting bug

Chris Maunder8-Jun-20 8:57

Chris Maunder

8-Jun-20 8:57

The older you get the kinder your euphemisms Wink | ;)

cheers
Chris Maunder

Nelek1-Jun-20 19:19

1-Jun-20 19:19

When you report an item, then the user is listed in the "approved by" list, although the user didn't click in "approve" but in something else.

I saw it first with @0x01AA and then it happened the same to me.

M.D.V.

If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

modified 2-Jun-20 15:11pm.

Peter_in_27801-Jun-20 22:11

Peter_in_2780

1-Jun-20 22:11

As I understand it, there is one list for all reports, positive or negative. I've seen examples of both appearing on the same list.

Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012

Nelek1-Jun-20 23:27

1-Jun-20 23:27

The list in the top right as a popup (what now only shows the very last report and is already listed in the original bug report) usually shows everything, you are right.

I mean the list on the left, "the approved by" that usually displays only the approvals. And our report should not be there.

I think it is related, hence the "addition to bug" in my subject. But it might be a different issue.

M.D.V.

modified 2-Jun-20 15:11pm.

Matthew Dennis3-Jun-20 5:09

3-Jun-20 5:09

It looks like Chris has applied the proper incantations and burnt the required herbs.
I think it is working correctly now.

"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."

User 110609793-Jun-20 7:58

User 11060979

3-Jun-20 7:58

At the moment it looks like former behaviour returned. Let's see whether not too much herbs were burn down Smile | :)

It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question

modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.

Nelek3-Jun-20 8:48

3-Jun-20 8:48

I have seen both today, the correct and the buggy behaviour mixing randomally, is there different deploys?
I want to think it is solved and that I have just been hit by a small cache lag

M.D.V.

Matthew Dennis3-Jun-20 10:02

3-Jun-20 10:02

I was misunderstanding which list was incorrect. I'll take another look.

"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."

Nelek3-Jun-20 10:06

3-Jun-20 10:06

My bad, sorry... next time I will draw hints in the images.

I meant the left one "approved by"

M.D.V.

Finding a recent post

Greg Utas1-Jun-20 6:34

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1-Jun-20 6:34

This forum supposedly has a new message today, but I didn't notice one after advancing through several pages. Is there any way to find a post based on when it was created, even if it's a reply (which this one presumably is) to something posted months ago?

Re: Finding a recent post

Richard MacCutchan1-Jun-20 6:50

Re: Finding a recent post

1-Jun-20 6:50

Put a single asterisk in the search box just above the first message and click the search button.

Greg Utas1-Jun-20 6:52

Robust Services Core | Software Techniques for Lemmings | Articles

1-Jun-20 6:52

Thanks. The hamsters must be imbibing, because there was no sign of one today (other than ours, now).

Re: Finding a recent post

Richard MacCutchan1-Jun-20 6:54