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Hermit-The-Prog

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5. treat it as html ...

Wed Feb 12, 2020, 01:16 PM

Feb 2020

Here's a handy chart: https://ascii.cl/htmlcodes.htm

If you preview, it will be converted and then the resulting character will be removed before it posts. This happens only with the "title" line so far as I can tell. (Certain characters, such as "@", break URLs within the message text. These can be fixed with the same method, but suffer from the same trouble if previewed).

I have not tried all of the html ampersand codes (haven't had a need). Be sure to end each with a semicolon.

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Why does the SUBJECT line support alphanumeric only, no special characters. [View all] CurtEastPoint Feb 2020 OP

I think it is a coding safety measure in response to the 2016 hacking of DU. N/T CottonBear Feb 2020 #1

I just found this thread in the Lounge that does just that: CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2020 #2

tésting Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2020 #3

OK, how did you do that? Brother Buzz Feb 2020 #4

treat it as html ... Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2020 #5

Well, it's more work than it's worth most of the tïmê. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2020 #7

True, but today, I found one of those tïmês Brother Buzz Feb 2020 #8