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3. Do you mean like when " immediately followed by )

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 01:23 PM

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i.e. ") produces a &quot
?

In case anyone is interested, there's a special trick to make it display ")
I do so by sticking a [/b] inside of it which gums up whatever is translating it into a &quot

and I used the same trick in the last line above to make it display [/b] , instead of having it simply disappear like formatting codes do.

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I hate smilies. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday OP

🙂 chia Yesterday #1

I still laughed. Thanks, and good morning. NT mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday #2

A good morning to you too, and thanks for your good humor. :) chia Yesterday #5

Do you mean like when " immediately followed by ) progree Yesterday #3

Oh, really? I end up turning the ) into a }. mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday #4

I just add a space before the end parentheses...nt Wounded Bear Yesterday #6

I've done that too. Thanks, and good afternoon. NT mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday #7

Oh, for sure. That's what I always do. I was just illustrating in #3 that there is a way to make something progree Yesterday #8

Reported for political content... Wounded Bear Yesterday #9

🤣🏆 progree Yesterday #10