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demijohn
Posted: 30 July 2003 09:30 AM   [ Ignore ]
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Does the bulletin board code have an escape character or sequence? One  that says "Don’t interpret what follows, just display as written"?

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Tim
Posted: 30 July 2003 10:00 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]
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DJ, there is a check box for the smileys, but if you’re talking about the [commands], then I think the answer is no…

But it would be worth having! smile

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demijohn
Posted: 30 July 2003 12:06 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]
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A couple of times I’ve posted something and a couple characters in mid sentence would get conjured into a smiley unintentionally.

I was just wondering if there was a way to avoid it. After I typed that I see there’s a check box to disable smilies.

Oh well, I guess I answered my own question.

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demijohn
Posted: 30 July 2003 11:31 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]
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Occasionally they obscure the message.

:DJ :) ;) :D

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Stargzer
Posted: 04 August 2003 01:58 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]
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I’ve frequently had a number ending in 8 followed by a right parenthesis turned into a 8).  I just end up going back and putting a space between them to turn this:
(8)
into this:
(8 ).

I’m  8) now!  

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