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An enhanced editor

RarelyCharlie January 9th, 2019

Here are instructions for enhancing the editor we use in forums and feeds: How to: Enhance the editor

This was announced before, but I'm repeating it here because it came up again in connection with creating tables in forum posts.

At present this solution is experimental, and I know some things don't work. Please use this thread or PM me to report issues, even though I can't guarantee I'll be able to fix them all.

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RarelyCharlie OP February 1st, 2019

I've just upload version 0.10, and you can update here as usual. The documentation has also been updated.

In this version:

  • The interface language is set to English as noted above.
  • There are more animal emoji as noted above.
  • In your My Settings page you can turn off the spelling checker so it uses your web browser's own spelling checker. But to see suggested corrections you then have to remember to hold down the Ctrl key while you right-click the word.
  • For listeners only, on your My Settings page the signature setting has moved to beneath your screen name. (For members it's still where it was.)
  • It now converts URLs to links automatically, but only complete URLs that begin with http, and 7 Cups e-mail addresses.
  • It doesn't convert URLs or text smileys if you are editing someone else's post. (But it does if it's your own post.)

Charlie

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Blaze February 1st, 2019

Yay for animal emoji!!!

Thank you for all the awesome updates!
@RarelyCharlie

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MistyMagic February 2nd, 2019

Butterfly thanks! thats brilliant!


@RarelyCharlie

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Erato February 3rd, 2019

@RarelyCharlie I'm not just sure if it this is only happening to me but I can't seem to fix my signature on my settings after the installation of the latest version. Also, Parrot (< 3) turns into a bird for me instead of heart

Era

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RarelyCharlie OP February 3rd, 2019

Parrot Oh yes, it's a Parrot! I'll fix that right away.

But the signature still looks like it works for me, so I'm not sure what's going wrong there.


@Erato

Rarely

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RarelyCharlie OP February 3rd, 2019

Red heart That's done, and version 0.11 is uploaded. I think the red heart was the only one affected.

I was able to change my signature to Rarely and back to Charlie, and I still can't think of what the problem could be. I only moved the setting below the screen name without changing anything else about it.


@RarelyCharlie

Charlie

Erato February 3rd, 2019

Thank you!

I'm not sure why it doesn't show up for me. There's no option for me to have it On/Off as well as the signature box is missing.


@RarelyCharlie

Era

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SoulfullyAButterfly February 13th, 2019

@RarelyCharlie Hi, I'm running the latest version of the editor but today suddenly I can no longer see the "Save" button whilst editing posts to work. not sure if this is a new error or something that is being worked on.

Your wings already exist, all you've got to do is fly!

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MistyMagic February 13th, 2019

I can? I just successfully editing my own post? I'm using the browser version


@SoulfullyAButterfly

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SoulfullyAButterfly February 13th, 2019

@MistyMagic oh maybe its a browser thing then...

@RarelyCharlie if it helps I am on Edge.

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RarelyCharlie OP February 13th, 2019

Oh-oh Frowning I can see the Save button but when I press it nothing happens. I'll look into it right now.


@SoulfullyAButterfly

Charlie

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RarelyCharlie OP February 13th, 2019

It looks like there were two different problems. One may have been a local problem with the Internet connection, and it fixed itself.

The other problem is that when you edit a post but don't change anything, the Save button just does nothing. I could either disable the Save button until you make a change, or display an error message if you click Save without changing anything. Which would you prefer?


@RarelyCharlie

Charlie

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SoulfullyAButterfly February 13th, 2019

error message sounds suitable @RarelyCharlie

Your wings already exist, all you've got to do is fly!

CalmWhisper22 February 13th, 2019

Hi, not sure if this code is doing something or something happened in a room however the 35+ room when I copy and paste something from Google docs:
(A)
(Nerd
(C)
The B is now a smile face. Is this something you can help with or talk to someone in IT about since this is hard during trivia on discussions or even discussions when we give them choices.


@RarelyCharlie

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CalmWhisper22 February 13th, 2019

@RarelyCharlie as you can see above it is now in the forums also with the B issue not just the room.

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Erato February 13th, 2019

It is because once you combine B and ) it automatically creates that smiley as mentioned in the emoji guide made by charlie. I believe charlie can change it in the forums but not in the rooms as the room uses 7cups official smileys which are set in the system.


@DanaMH

Inner peace is the new success.

RarelyCharlie OP February 13th, 2019

In any chat, including the rooms, this bug has always been present. You'll have to raise a (another) support ticket for it. It's easy for someone at 7 Cups to fix, but I can't do anything about it.

In the forums, though, it's my fault. When I made the smileys in the editor compatible with chats, I stupidly copied the bug, even though another part of my brain knew about the problem. Doh! I'll remove it in the next version.

Thank you for letting me know.

@DanaMH

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MistyMagic February 13th, 2019

You are such a hero doing all this for us, I was wondering why do you have the tagged persons name at the bottom not at the top?


@RarelyCharlie Check mark Check mark Butterfly

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RarelyCharlie OP February 14th, 2019

Good question! I have no idea how it got to be that way Confounded I'll put it back.

@MistyMagic

Charlie

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MistyMagic February 15th, 2019

PizzaCookie or BouquetMedaland Trophy

Brilliant thanks


@RarelyCharlie

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RarelyCharlie OP February 17th, 2019

@MistyMagic Version 0.13, which as usual is available here, places the cursor after the tag (and a space) when you reply.

Charlie

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MistyMagic February 18th, 2019

@RarelyCharlie

Yesss thanks so much! you are truly awesome working so hard and taking so much time to improve our experience here, Big thanks!

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RarelyCharlie OP February 14th, 2019

Version 0.12, which as usual is here, has these changes:

  • If you like all your posts to use the same text colour and size, you can capture the style you like and you'll automatically get that style in future. Write something in the style you like, right-click it and choose Capture style from the context menu. To undo it, right-click anything you've written and choose Release style. I'm hoping this will not encourage unreadable colour schemes Pleading
  • B) and 8) no longer turn into emoji like they do in chats (but B-) and 8-) still become Nerd)
  • If you edit a post, make no changes, and try to save it you now get a warning message to tell you why it won't save.

Charlie

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Blaze February 15th, 2019

@RarelyCharlie Thank you! And thank you for Dark Theme, it helps a lot with flashy colour schemes that are bad for my eyes...

Be the change you wish to see in the world.

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AnyaS February 15th, 2019

Just saw this post now and finally figured out how everyone's forum posts are so beautiful! @RarelyCharlie

I can't wait to try it out!

PS @Anomalia I'm just as excited as you for Bullet Points!!!

Hopeful0001 February 15th, 2019

Oooh posting to do this later

CalmWhisper22 February 17th, 2019

@RarelyCharlie

I noticed yesterday when trying to change a forum page just adding a space I am still getting an error message like the page doesn't know I really made a change. I had to remove letters and readd letters to make it save.

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RarelyCharlie OP February 17th, 2019

@DanaMH Ah, that's annoying Thinking I'll try to tweak it right now.

Charlie

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RarelyCharlie OP February 17th, 2019

@RarelyCharlie Version 0.14, which as usual is available here, is less picky about requiring a change to the text when you edit a post (I hope).

Also, when it thinks nothing changed the warning is now, "Nothing to save? Save again if you really mean this" and you can press Save a second time to make it save anyway.

Charlie

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CalmWhisper22 February 17th, 2019

@RarelyCharlie

Awesome! Thanks so much for changing this for us.

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RarelyCharlie OP February 26th, 2019

Version 0.16, available here as usual, makes a couple of minor cosmetic changes to match some recent changes made by 7 Cups.

Charlie

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MistyMagic February 26th, 2019

@RarelyCharlie

thanks Charlie! Trophy

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AnyaS February 27th, 2019

Finally trying this out! I love it! Tongue

Be Brave

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SoulfullyAButterfly February 27th, 2019

@AnyaS welcome to the party.

Your wings already exist, all you need to do is fly!

MistyMagic February 27th, 2019

@AnyaS

woohoo we have been testing it out for you! Butterfly and Charlie has been working really hard to get this perfection.

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AnyaS February 27th, 2019

Haha I love it! Especially the fact that I can scroll in the thread!! Smiling with smiling eyes

@SoulfullyAButterfly @MistyMagic

Be Brave

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CalmWhisper22 February 27th, 2019

@AnyaS @SoulfullyAButterfly @MistyMagic

That is so true and helps a ton when answering folks it is so much easier.

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SoulfullyAButterfly May 9th, 2019

@RarelyCharlie as of today, the Enhanced Editor as well as Smart Links have not been working, TaperMonkey is installed but has no scripts... has something happened?

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SoulfullyAButterfly May 9th, 2019

*Tampermonkey

RarelyCharlie OP May 9th, 2019

@SoulfullyAButterfly I have not changed anything, and I haven't seen the scripts disappear myself. I'm wondering if it's possible your web browser updated itself and somehow lost the scripts. And I'm wondering if you can simply re-install the scripts.

Charlie

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SoulfullyAButterfly May 9th, 2019

@RarelyCharlie alright I sure will try reinstalling them. It was a bummer to lose my Smart Links...

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MistyMagic May 9th, 2019

@SoulfullyAButterfly

Mine are still working great (thanks @RarelyCharlie) but there was an update to the monkey thing a couple of days ago?

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SoulfullyAButterfly May 9th, 2019

@MistyMagic oh I see i guess thats what caused something. Will try reinstall everything.

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