Preview again.... July 9, 2000 12:00 AM Subscribe
I was wondering if MetaFilter's tendancy to turn character codes into the characters they represent is because of the preview process, and that's why I'm testing this: < >
Yeah I forgot to do the < conversions to <: on the fly, but I'll fix it up real soon.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 5:51 PM on July 9, 2000
posted by mathowie (staff) at 5:51 PM on July 9, 2000
Hmm. Wouldn't it work to code the characters codes?
posted by EngineBeak at 5:36 PM on July 10, 2000
posted by EngineBeak at 5:36 PM on July 10, 2000
Yeah, uhm... just make it so the 'preview' code converts & to &amp;... as it stands, if you type &lt; it'll convert it to < in the preview.
Currently, to work around this, you have to type &amp;lt;
posted by Bane at 1:21 PM on July 12, 2000
Currently, to work around this, you have to type &amp;lt;
posted by Bane at 1:21 PM on July 12, 2000
shit... metatalk doesn't have a preview...
The irony is killing me...
that all should read:
Yeah, uhm... just make it so the 'preview' code converts & to &... as it stands, if you type < it'll convert it to < in the preview.
Currently, to work around this, you have to type &lt;
posted by Bane at 1:23 PM on July 12, 2000
The irony is killing me...
that all should read:
Yeah, uhm... just make it so the 'preview' code converts & to &... as it stands, if you type < it'll convert it to < in the preview.
Currently, to work around this, you have to type &lt;
posted by Bane at 1:23 PM on July 12, 2000
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posted by Bane at 12:00 AM on July 9, 2000