Re: [WebDNA] anybody notice issues with convertchars FF3.5 mac

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2009


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Odd as it sounds the cure was to copy the standardconversion.db, move to the data folder of the website that was having the issues and point convertchars at that db and it instantly started working again On Jul 6, 2009, at 6:41 PM, Govinda wrote: > having to learn PHP these days, I can confirm, *WebDNA is waaaay > simpler to code* (hats off to the source code of WebDNA that saves > us from so much headache!); > i.e. brain cooked, but.. > > ..If I'm thinking clearly back in WebDNA land: > > that change of which browser you use to view that data, coming out > of a db, should not effect what is being *sent* to the browser via > [convertchars].. > Check the HTML source of the page you are viewing to be sure WHAT is > being sent to the browser. > > If you need [convertchars] to convert the char created by command- > shift-8 (or any char) to something else other than what it was > before (to work in a new browser) , then you can always use a custom > [convertchars] db. see the docs under "[convertchars]" about > that. You can detect which browser is doing the viewing and so use > a different custom convertchars db, as needed. > > HTH > -G > > On Jul 6, 2009, at 7:27 PM, Webmaster wrote: > >> Anybody having any issues with convertchars display under FF3.5 >> Mac? specifically the degree symbol or option shift 8 on a mac >> input via a textarea wrapped with the input tags. Pages that have >> worked for a long time suddenly are broke in FF3.5 >> View the same page under IE7win or Safari 4 mac views as expected >> >> weird part is straight quotes convert and display just fine. it's >> just the degree symbol I recently discovered is not >> working.--------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ > > ------------ > Govinda > govinda.webdnatalk@gmail.com > > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ > > > Message Scanned by AppRiver SecureTide > http://www.appriver.com Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
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Odd as it sounds the cure was to copy the standardconversion.db, move to the data folder of the website that was having the issues and point convertchars at that db and it instantly started working again On Jul 6, 2009, at 6:41 PM, Govinda wrote: > having to learn PHP these days, I can confirm, *WebDNA is waaaay > simpler to code* (hats off to the source code of WebDNA that saves > us from so much headache!); > i.e. brain cooked, but.. > > ..If I'm thinking clearly back in WebDNA land: > > that change of which browser you use to view that data, coming out > of a db, should not effect what is being *sent* to the browser via > [convertchars].. > Check the HTML source of the page you are viewing to be sure WHAT is > being sent to the browser. > > If you need [convertchars] to convert the char created by command- > shift-8 (or any char) to something else other than what it was > before (to work in a new browser) , then you can always use a custom > [convertchars] db. see the docs under "[convertchars]" about > that. You can detect which browser is doing the viewing and so use > a different custom convertchars db, as needed. > > HTH > -G > > On Jul 6, 2009, at 7:27 PM, Webmaster wrote: > >> Anybody having any issues with convertchars display under FF3.5 >> Mac? specifically the degree symbol or option shift 8 on a mac >> input via a textarea wrapped with the input tags. Pages that have >> worked for a long time suddenly are broke in FF3.5 >> View the same page under IE7win or Safari 4 mac views as expected >> >> weird part is straight quotes convert and display just fine. it's >> just the degree symbol I recently discovered is not >> working.--------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ > > ------------ > Govinda > govinda.webdnatalk@gmail.com > > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ > > > Message Scanned by AppRiver SecureTide > http://www.appriver.com Webmaster

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