Forums > Technical Discussion > the quote function does not work
Login/Join to ParticipateCarpal \'Tunnel
3,252 posts
Location: sheffield, United Kingdom
The next post contains an attempt to quote and reply to a post (from the buddhist thread)-
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,252 posts
Location: sheffield, United Kingdom
Written by : Stone
Fire Tom, you are entitled to your opinion:Written by :
….as it gets funny (strange) how you can't stop to attack me for questioning your belief system and criticising mainstream Buddhist' approach. I will cease to pay attention to your postings/ to take you seriously if your attitude towards me remains like this - I am part of this 'world outside your head'.
A question is generally a request for information, not a diatribe. I’m not attacking you. Though, if you are criticizing a persons belief system, and you say you are, then you may encounter a little resistance.
This is a very good question:Written by :
…Having said this: to me it's funny how the 'self' ("ego" in this case) is condemned to be the "source of all evil/ suffering" - certain that it doesn't deserve this verdict.
I’m not prepared to even try to answer it, as you think it’s an attack.
Though, I will be interested to see how others answer.
My reply goes here.........
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,252 posts
Location: sheffield, United Kingdom
Obviously, it's a real mess- the 'quote function' just can't seem to cope, and this has been a problem for some years.
Often, by tampering with the code I can get it looking right, but it's sometimes a real pain having to sort it out.
Can someone fix it?
First problem is that it substitutes '"…" for punctuation marks.
Second problem is that it includes my reply (and signature) in the 'quote'part.
Does anyone else have the same problem? Or, is this just some weird issue with my computer?
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
water based
5,125 posts
Location: melbourne, Australia
can't say ive ever had that problem before dave.. sorry i cant help
"you know there are no trophys for doing silly things in real life yeah pete?" said ant "you wont get a 'listened to ride of the valkyries all the way to vietnam' trophy"
*proud owner of the very cute fire_spinning_angel, birgit and neon shaolin*
Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia
Ive had it seemingly work sometimes and not others. There was a post about how to make it work at some point. Something to do with capitals and backslashes
Is it the Truth?
Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?
Im in a lonely battle with the world with a fish to match the chip on my shoulder. Gnu in Binnu in a cnu
5,300 posts
Location: everywhere
i've had that problem too, and had to go back and fiddle with code, which is no fun.
Dom????
Holistic Spinner (I hope)
Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia
George??
Is it the Truth?
Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?
Im in a lonely battle with the world with a fish to match the chip on my shoulder. Gnu in Binnu in a cnu
Liquid Cow
2,629 posts
Location: High Wycombe, England
Written by: onewheeldave
Obviously, it's a real mess- the 'quote function' just can't seem to cope, and this has been a problem for some years.
Often, by tampering with the code I can get it looking right, but it's sometimes a real pain having to sort it out.
Can someone fix it?
First problem is that it substitutes '"…" for punctuation marks.
Second problem is that it includes my reply (and signature) in the 'quote'part.
Does anyone else have the same problem? Or, is this just some weird issue with my computer?
I've not had the first problem, but the … isn't replacing " marks - it's replacing something else - if you have a look in Stone's post in the Buddhism thread, there's something else in there. I have no idea what it's called though.
For the second part, it happens when someone quotes a post that uses quotes but has no name inside the quote tags.
In the original post, semicolons are added into the quote tag automatically. When someone then quotes that post, the combination of : and ] (the end of the quote tag) messes things up a bit.
Taking out the semicolons seems to work to sort it out.
Not sure if that helps much. *shrug*
But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
Stream Entrant
2,829 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Bovril, I think it was something I did.
I generally just type in [quote ] comments……… [slash quote]
That’s probably caused the problem.
If we as members of the human race practice meditation, we can transcend our fear, despair, and forgetfulness. Meditation is not an escape. It is the courage to look at reality with mindfulness and concentration. Thich Nhat Hanh
6,650 posts
Dave
- this is the wrong forum, sorry to say but it should be in "technical discussion"
- you have a full mess for some reasons:
a) every
Written by : xyz
needs to be closed
every
Written by : xyz
Written by : abc
sub-quote needs to be closed
b) when you use " " within quoting it has the potential to go weird. I have pointed this out in another thread about the same topic, problem is still not fixed, what to do?
c) whenever someone is not quoting their source it gets potentially messy, i.e.
Written by : QUOTE YOUR SOURCEIn this case it's been Stone.
So taking your OP of this thread:
Written by : onewheeldaveWritten by : Stone
Fire Tom, ....Written by : FireTom
it gets funny...
A question...Written by : FireTom
Having said this:
I'm not prepared...
My reply goes here.........
So I show you the same result without source quoted:
Written by : onewheeldaveWritten by : Stone
Fire Tom, ....Written by :
it gets funny...
A question...Written by : FireTom
Having said this:
I'm not prepared...
My reply goes here.........
the best smiles are the ones you lead to 
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,252 posts
Location: sheffield, United Kingdom
Thanks for that FireTom- so basically the problem occurs when someone either does use the 'quote' button, but then strips out the source, or, when they do the quote without using the 'quote' button and writing the code out themselves, without including a source?
And, that doesn't manifest as a problem with that actual post, but, when quoted later in a later post, as a 'nested' quote, it becomes a mess?
So- to test that out
Written by: with source
test quote with source
and
Written by:
test quote without source
both work fine in this post
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,252 posts
Location: sheffield, United Kingdom
but when quoting the above post using the 'quote' button, the second one goes messy-
Written by: onewheeldave
Thanks for that FireTom- so basically the problem occurs when someone either does use the 'quote' button, but then strips out the source, or, when they do the quote without using the 'quote' button and writing the code out themselves, without including a source?
And, that doesn't manifest as a problem with that actual post, but, when quoted later in a later post, as a 'nested' quote, it becomes a mess?
So- to test that outWritten by: with source
test quote with source
andWritten by: ]
test quote without source
[/quote
both work fine in this post"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,252 posts
Location: sheffield, United Kingdom
So, Stone- if writing out the quote code yourself, if you're not going to put a source, I think you need to, after writing 'quote' in the square brackets, ensure that it's followed by a : and, at least one space, before closing the square brackets.
As in the following, which, though having no source, does contain the colon (:) and a space
Written by:
test quote with no source, but with a colon and space
EDITED_BY: onewheeldave (1205038013)
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,252 posts
Location: sheffield, United Kingdom
and also works when quoted as a nested quote-
Written by: onewheeldave
So, Stone- if writing out the quote code yourself, if you're not going to out a source, I think you need to ensure that, after writing 'quote' in the square brackets, you need to ensure that it's followed by a : and, at least one space, before closing the square brackets.
As in the following, which, though having no source, does contain the colon (:) and a spaceWritten by:
test quote with no source, but with a colon and space
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,252 posts
Location: sheffield, United Kingdom
and, again-
Written by: onewheeldave
and also works when quoted as a nested quote-Written by: onewheeldave
So, Stone- if writing out the quote code yourself, if you're not going to out a source, I think you need to ensure that, after writing 'quote' in the square brackets, you need to ensure that it's followed by a : and, at least one space, before closing the square brackets.
As in the following, which, though having no source, does contain the colon (:) and a spaceWritten by:
test quote with no source, but with a colon and space
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,252 posts
Location: sheffield, United Kingdom
and, once more, just to make sure
Written by: onewheeldave
and, again-Written by: onewheeldave
and also works when quoted as a nested quote-Written by: onewheeldave
So, Stone- if writing out the quote code yourself, if you're not going to out a source, I think you need to ensure that, after writing 'quote' in the square brackets, you need to ensure that it's followed by a : and, at least one space, before closing the square brackets.
As in the following, which, though having no source, does contain the colon (:) and a spaceWritten by:
test quote with no source, but with a colon and space
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
6,650 posts
as already figured [Old link]
*durbed*
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,252 posts
Location: sheffield, United Kingdom
It was, but not, I feel, with the same degree of clarity, given the amount of confusion on that thread
I'd like to make it clear that I still regard this as a 'bug' in the quote function, as-
although it could be argued that the problem is that people are creating the problem by using quote in the wqrong way, the fact remains that the 'quote' function itself is not consistent.
For example, when Stone writes out his quote thing, it seems to work correctly in that post- gibberish only appears when that initial quote-containing post is then quoted again by someone else.
It is thus inconsistent- it should either not work on the initial post (so providing useful immediate feedback), or, if it's going to work on the initial post, it should then consistently handle it in all subsequent re-quotes.
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
Stream Entrant
2,829 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Dave, thanks for the advice on correcting my code.
The gibberish has something to do with apostrophes.
When re-quoted, I'm becomes I’m
When this happens I just edited out the ’
If we as members of the human race practice meditation, we can transcend our fear, despair, and forgetfulness. Meditation is not an escape. It is the courage to look at reality with mindfulness and concentration. Thich Nhat Hanh
old hand
929 posts
Location: Oregon, USA
It's showing the HTML code for unique characters. … is an ellipsis.
I don't generally put the source into quotes unless it's a big long complicated reply, but I'll remember to at least leave a space from now on
#homeofpoi -- irc.newnet.net Come talk to us we're bored 
Warning: Please Do Not Jump On The Seals
6,650 posts
This or quote your sources
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
Classically British
5,689 posts
Location: Epsom, Surrey, England
Pfff - too late, but do a search
Burner of Toast
Spinner of poi
Slacker of enormous magnitude
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
I love Malcolm more than I love my socks (which is a surprisingly large amount!)
Thanks Malcolm!
Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia
Written by :UnderControlOrFailure
I love Malcolm more than I love my socks (which is a surprisingly large amount!)
Thanks Malcolm!
What he said
and its fixed...excellent!
Is it the Truth?
Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?
Im in a lonely battle with the world with a fish to match the chip on my shoulder. Gnu in Binnu in a cnu
6,650 posts
pw...ing for the right reasons
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
Similar Topics
Using the keywords [quote function work] we found the following existing topics.
Show more..
© 1998 - 2025 Home of Poi
All prices converted to United States dollars using XE.com