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Lines of code (up to, say ~ a hundred lines) can be inserted with syntax-highlighting using the pencil icon.
Files (text, objects, whatever else) can be uploaded and attached to a post.
Links can be inserted using the HTML toggle button.
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After you have made up one of your mangled posts, try two things:
(i) click on the HTML button and see if you have unknowingly inserted HTML tags.
(ii) click on Preview and, if something does not look right, go back to the Compose window and change the corresponding part.
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Now I will try actually hacking on the HTML code. I think this might actually work because it's something I understand a little. Hmmm, about 10 experiments later, a single forced
tag gets me no blank line, and two
's gets me a GIANT space between paragraphs.
Also the line spacing for paragraph breaks in my local composer window just spontaneously changed to LARGE, and my up and down arrow keys are now freezing at the end of longer lines. A little bug in the bottom border of the window says "Path: p", and I wonder if this is related to the
tags that I put in, or something.
This is quite the mess. I hope someone from Intel who knows the forum software can shed some light on this.
BTW, thanks mecej4, I know you're just trying to help.
--Dave
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I will try Firefox to see if that helps. (*) Wow, that *does* make a difference. Hey, I get to post my *Fortran* problem today! ;-)
> There isn't a help page for this - the problems you're having are unusual.
Unusual? This has been going on since I first tried to post about 2 years ago. Also, I surveyed the other ten most recent original posts in today's Fortran forum:
Normal posts: 2
Spontaneous gray font, run-on paragraphs, or both: 7
Indeterminate: 1 (run-on paragraphs, but not sure if intentional)
I think you are seeing Computer Futility Syndrome. (Most people tolerate minor annoyances and avoid complaining, when tech is involved).
> Do you have some sort of Javascript blocker enabled?
Not to my knowledge. From my general browsing, it is clear that much Javascript is working normally in my Safari browser. Who knows what kind of firewall stuff is in play from the IT people.
Plug-ins: Disabled
Java: Disabled
JavaScript: Enabled
Pop-up window blocker: Enabled
Safari version: 5.1.2
> We have many Safari users of this forum and I'm not aware of general problems. I've used Safari here myself on both Mac OS and iOS.
Indeed, your recent posts look good. I hope someone can take a closer look at the Safari interaction over time.
Meanwhile, I think you *do* need a posting primer that is somewhere easy to find, for quirks like this as well as the basics. For example, the code insertion tool is *not* obvious to first timers.
--Dave
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As far as I know, only for you.
Unusual? Depends on point-of-view. This is the first thread that reports this problem. I must have read at least 20,000 posts over the last couple of years, on different computers (WXP, W7, Linux, Solaris) with three different browsers. Never had, never read about any similar problem.
From your point of view, of course, with a specific installation/browser defect that has gone unaddressed for years, the problem may appear huge.
Since we do not have a meaningful diagnosis of your browser problems, there is no point publishing warnings about a not-yet-known problem.
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tags or not.
The current forum software is scheduled to be replaced with something more, um, standard, later this year.
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