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Audio Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: scorpio333 on May 11, 2020, 06:37:39 PM

Title: This is just a test...
Post by: scorpio333 on May 11, 2020, 06:37:39 PM

The copy/paste thing is driving me crazy. Testing a couple things out, nothing to see here.

Title: Re: This is just a test...
Post by: scorpio333 on May 11, 2020, 06:52:20 PM

I was able to resolve my copy/pate issue...but I'm on a Mac, so I'll need to find a fix for Windows and mobile.

Short answer for copy/pasting. Paste text into TextWrangler and select all. From the Text menu, select Zap Gremlins. Zap all Non-ASCII characters, Control characters and Null characters. After "zapping", paste into forum and all the text should appear.

To be continued...

Title: Re: This is just a test...
Post by: scorpio333 on May 11, 2020, 10:27:22 PM

My wife tells me she runs into this issue with stuff at work. She says Notepad++ has a Zap Gremlins option. TextWrangler is also available on Windows.

It seems the forum needs converted/updated for UTF-8. That would fix the handling of the characters and not truncate messages.

Going to look into a work around for Android and iOS...

Title: Re: This is just a test...ADMIN HELP?
Post by: scorpio333 on May 12, 2020, 11:51:18 AM

I use an iPhone and I cannot find a solution/app to eliminate those pesky non ASCII characters. I've basically stopped reading the forum from my phone. Mostly because if I need to reply or post,  it typically fails.

With that said, is it possible for an admin, Vince(?), to look into converting the forum to UTF-8? I'll help in any way I can.

Title: Re: This is just a test...
Post by: Sir Thrift-a-Lot on May 12, 2020, 01:09:56 PM

I appreciate all of the work you are doing to figure this out.

Title: Re: This is just a test...ADMIN HELP?
Post by: Vpgh on May 12, 2020, 08:56:27 PM

Quote from: scorpio333 on May 12, 2020, 11:51:18 AM

I use an iPhone and I cannot find a solution/app to eliminate those pesky non ASCII characters. I've basically stopped reading the forum from my phone. Mostly because if I need to reply or post,  it typically fails.

With that said, is it possible for an admin, Vince(?), to look into converting the forum to UTF-8? I'll help in any way I can.

Thanks for the pointing on this issue again. I remember that prev. Admin (OldiesButGoodies) posted an explanation how-to-eliminate this issue last year. Smth like use system Notepad or similar app to copy/paste.
However, I will try to upgrade some forum's features in couple weeks.     

Title: Re: This is just a test...ADMIN HELP?
Post by: scorpio333 on May 14, 2020, 09:21:22 AM

Quote from: vpgh on May 12, 2020, 08:56:27 PM

Thanks for the pointing on this issue again. I remember that prev. Admin (OldiesButGoodies) posted an explanation how-to-eliminate this issue last year. Smth like use system Notepad or similar app to copy/paste.
However, I will try to upgrade some forum's features in couple weeks.   

Yet one more case of needing the Like button. Thanks Vince.