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Hugh_Lebowski

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5. You're right that is a glitch in the software used in the forum

Reply to Jeebo (Original post)

Sun Jun 20, 2021, 10:51 PM

Jun 2021

Nothing that comes before matters ... if you just type double-quote-closed parentheses it does the same, as I did here.

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And you have also correctly ID'd the workaround.

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Question about glitch in posts. [View all] Jeebo Jun 2021 OP

Trying it from old iPad. Hoyt Jun 2021 #1

Those are not the same double quote characters. Jeebo Jun 2021 #3

Yeah, I noticed that. Don't know why, but they are slanted on my screen keyboard Hoyt Jun 2021 #7

Hmm....I think I will try it, too. Blue Dawn Jun 2021 #2

Insert a space before your quotes PJMcK Jun 2021 #4

What makes it weird though is that ONLY ONE character is being converted to an emoji Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2021 #6

You're right that is a glitch in the software used in the forum Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2021 #5

They may be escaping double quotes in the database to prevent scripts from running. Make7 Jul 2021 #8