***8217;

[firemonkey]

Could someone please sort the ***8217; issue?

[Schmosby]

Originally Posted by firemonkey

Could someone please sort the ***8217; issue?

I sent you a private message quite a while back explaining how to fix this.

[firemonkey]

You may well have done /but all about 4 of my pms(all from dougella) seem to have been deleted. I'm not aware of having had a mass cull of such.

[Schmosby]

Originally Posted by firemonkey

You may well have done /but all about 4 of my pms(all from dougella) seem to have been deleted. I'm not aware of having had a mass cull of such.

That's odd.

Try going to Settings, then General and unselecting Smart Punctuation.

I'll see if i can work out a server side fix for it tomorrow. Should be easy enough.

[firemonkey]

Thanks, but I can't find General-Smart punctuation.

[firemonkey]

Just Googled. Seems to be an Ipad thing. I don't have an Ipad.

[Schmosby]

I'm assuming you're using a phone or tablet.

It's under Settings > General > Keyboard in this.

[Schmosby]

If you're using a computer it should be like this.

[firemonkey]

Originally Posted by Schmosby

I'm assuming you're using a phone or tablet.

It's under Settings > General > Keyboard in this.

I use a laptop. Hardly ever used a smartphone(except one a granddaughter lent me for a short while. Just about managed to make calls) . Never used a tablet.

[firemonkey]

Originally Posted by Schmosby

If you're using a computer it should be like this.

Thanks for trying to help, but I'm using Windows 10.

[Schmosby]

Do you type your posts in MS word and then copy paste them here?

[firemonkey]

No I don***8217;t.

[Schmosby]

Sorry, I'm not sure then.

I'll try to write a fix for the site tomorrow.

[Schmosby]

OK, I found I can't write a fix for the server as it would need to be added in a section of the admin panel that the admins don't currently have access to.

I did a lot of testing on windows 10 and was unable to replicate your issue, so I really have no idea why you are getting those smart quotes.


There does seem to be a workaround though. Instead of writing in the normal text box, click the "Go Advanced" button and type your post there.

Test it here to see if it works.

[firemonkey]

Will it or won't it work (am using 'advanced')

[Schmosby]

Nice

[firemonkey]

It worked. Thanks.

[Schmosby]

No probs, any time.

[limey123]

Yeah, this issue has been driving me nuts too.

[Mr. Spaceman]

It's really buggered up this thread of mine

[Sisyphus]

Just a test from Q-Reply.

***8211;***8221;***8217;

ETA: it seems to work OK for me from my stoneage device.

ETA: Now I have edited the post to add the above line it has broken.

[Sisyphus]

Again:-

–”’

[Sisyphus]

This time from Advanced. I won't edit this post.

–”’

[Sisyphus]

This is the previous post but I will edit it.

***8211;***8221;***8217;

[Sisyphus]

It looks like editing the post trashes it for me.

The answer is to outlaw Unicode

[Sisyphus]

My guess is there is some specific route that the text takes under specific circumstances that converts Unicode to 8 bit but fails to recognize the stuffed code at the other end and doesn't convert it back to Unicode and we see the stuffed form.

This problem looks like it will happen with Unicode from any source.

[Sisyphus]

Trying some Unicode.

***8531; ***8532; ***8533; ***8534; ***8535; ***8536; ***8537; ***8538; ***8539; ***8540; ***8541; ***8542;

ETA: That breaks without editing. This smells like more than one bug.

[Sisyphus]

This is a sequence of Unicode characters unedited.

***8210; – — ***8213; ***8214; ***8215; ‘ ’ ‚ ***8219; “ ” „ ***8223;

[Sisyphus]

This is the same sequence of Unicode characters but the post has been edited.

***8210; ***8211; ***8212; ***8213; ***8214; ***8215; ***8216; ***8217; ***8218; ***8219; ***8220; ***8221; ***8222; ***8223;

[Schmosby]

Are you using win 10 too?