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Started by SHilbert Jul 6, 2000 at 1:21 PM 31 replies 1.4k views
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SHilbert
SHilbert
Does anybody have any idea why OR signs get turned into slashes on this board? I mean, I know it''s the board software, but WHY is the board programmed to do that? I can''t think of any reason you''d want it to do such a thing... lntakitopi@aol.com - http://www.geocities.com/guanajam
mattd
mattd
what or signs?

OR
//
<>

/
\

i don''t get you. (not unusal)

The world is your message board.
mattd
mattd
hey, they do too!

The world is your message board.
SHilbert
SHilbert
Umm... yeah. I''m talking about the binary OR signs used in C/C++ variants. They''re vertical lines onscreen. You type them by pressing SHIFT+\ (backslash). Their key is right above ENTER and below BACKSPACE.

I just want to know *why* the forum was programmed to convert OR signs to forward slashes.

Here, I''ll type an OR sign: /
Here''s three of them: ///

See?

lntakitopi@aol.com - http://www.geocities.com/guanajam
benjamin bunny
benjamin bunny
quote:
Original post by SHilbert

That didn''t work.
What does HTML have to do with it? Does HTML hate OR signs or something?

lntakitopi@aol.com - http://www.geocities.com/guanajam


I don''t know about the OR sign specifically, but I know HTML doesn''t like some other characters.



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terminate
terminate
hmm..interesting

    
OR // 

    



OR //


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Pouya
Pouya
ahh, forget it
after a million trials (i erased some o those edit messages) i gave up....


- pouya
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Edited by - pouya on July 6, 2000 11:31:04 PM

Edited by - pouya on July 6, 2000 11:36:26 PM
wrenhal
wrenhal
What I want to know, is why do the '<' and '>' tags around my bold comments in my sig get changed to '[' ']' respectively?


B e S
"It’s da bomb, baby"


Just edit my message to see what I'm talking about. The < b >'s were originally [ b ]'s, but if I put [ b ] in my sig it doesn't show up correctly at all UNLESS I edit the message and click make modifications (without changing anything). INTERESTING, HUH???

Edited by - wrenhal on July 7, 2000 11:02:41 AM

Edited by - wrenhal on July 7, 2000 11:03:56 AM
BeSIt's <
SHilbert
SHilbert
I think I figured some of this out. Since we''re mostly programmers, I''ll explain it in code...

OK, say they have a function called Convert() that replaces OR signs with slashes, < B > tags to [ b ], : ) to , etc. Whenever you post a message, it calls Convert() passing the post you entered. Then it appends your signature the result without calling Convert() on your sig. But when you edit a message and click "Make Modifications", it calls Convert() on the whole thing. That''s why the smilies in wrenhal''s signature didn''t show up until after editing (same w/ the [ b ] tags.)

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wrenhal
wrenhal
quote:
Original post by SHilbert

I think I figured some of this out. Since we''re mostly programmers, I''ll explain it in code...

OK, say they have a function called Convert() that replaces OR signs with slashes, < B > tags to [ b ], : ) to , etc. Whenever you post a message, it calls Convert() passing the post you entered. Then it appends your signature the result without calling Convert() on your sig. But when you edit a message and click "Make Modifications", it calls Convert() on the whole thing. That''s why the smilies in wrenhal''s signature didn''t show up until after editing (same w/ the [ b ] tags.)

lntakitopi@aol.com - http://www.geocities.com/guanajam


But why, if I put [ b ]''s in my sig, does the bolding NOT work from the beginning then?


B e S
"It’s da bomb, baby"
BeSIt's <
Pouya
Pouya



try: ||||

- pouya
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The trick to flight is to throw yourself at the ground and miss!!!
Pouya
Pouya
yay! it worked. i put it in my signature and it didn''t convert to \

ok, here''s a suggestion: type your whole message in your signature area, then post an empty message (it doesn''t let you post empty messages, so type an space and then enter and you''re done *L*)

btw: don''t forget to change yout signature back after u''re done...

- pouya
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The trick to flight is to throw yourself at the ground and miss!!!
Pascalix
Pascalix
The question is if it’s worth the bother. do we really need OR signs that desperately ?
Pascalix;

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