Fixing percent sign when posting code.

[Ioannis]

Henrik, I edit your post and placed the missing sign.

How?

Simply by clicking the first A/A button on the edit window (Switch Editor to Source Mode).

Ioannis

[HenrikOlsson]

Hi,
Yes, it can be fixed by editing, editing and editing, switching between different modes and more editing - there really should be no need to.

And, even if you went in and added the % sign in my previous post there's still an issue with the lost digits.

Can the editors then be set to default to the correct mode? It seems that when first making the post it defaults to the one where % works (because at first it WAS there) but when editing posts it defaults to the one where % does not work (because after I edited my post it was gone).

People come here for help, they post their code for other members to look at and the forum messes it up. It gets hard for people to help. IMHO this is a real issue which has a bad impact on the usability of the forum.

/Henrik.

EDIT: Oh, look at my original post. Now the % sign and leading digits are gone from the text as well, not only the code window. It's just a mess this....

[Ioannis]

Well, the default is WYSIWYG, and as I understand it this should show the % sign. So it is not very much what I see...

This is Lesters job and not moderators thing to mess.

Uers just have to remember click on the A/A button prior to write the message.

Ioannis

[HenrikOlsson]

Testing:

ADCON = 101010

The above was written in the WYSIWYG editor which, at least for me, is the default editor when making a new post.

EDIT:
That showed up OK. Now I pressed Edit post, the editor looks different but the A/A button says Switch to Source mode so I guess I'm still in WYSIWYG mode.

ADCON = 101010

EDIT2: And that messed it up.

[Ioannis]

This is WYSIWYG mode:



And this is Source mode:



When the second is selected, the percentage sign is shown.

Ioannis

[Darrel Taylor]

At the top-right of the page, click on Settings.

In the My Settings section on the left, go to General Settings.

Scroll down to the "Miscellaneous Options".

For the "Message Editor Interface:" select the Standard Editor.

At the bottom of the page, click Save Changes.

Your default editor will now be "Source mode".

This could be made the forum default, but it would only apply to new users when they first join.
Each existing user will have to change the setting themself.
Depending on the forum permissions, this may not be available for everyone.

Please report if it is, or is not available to you.

[Ioannis]

Thanks Darrel, it works fine.

Ioannis