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My article had HTML escape characters for things like the Greek Delta symbol, but now they are all gone, leaving question marks in their place. Can someone suggest as to how that could have happened?
The article is here:
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/mmlsharp.aspx
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Which entities?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Greek letters - e.g., Delta, Rho, etc.
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I just tried editing your article and inserted "ρ" and then previewed. Everything seems fine from my end.
Do you have your browser using a custom code-page?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Umm, it worked fine initially, on various browsers and platforms. My guess is someone has edited the original file and the editor lost the escape characters.
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I've retested and cannot replicate the issue. Hmmm.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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I've taken a look at the said article and everything looks great from here.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
"Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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Hi,
when I add a message to an article that subsequently disappears, the message is still listed
in the "Latest Messages" page like so[^], but when clicked it shows a "The article you want to view was deleted ..."
page, resulting in my message being listed but yet unavailable to me!?!?
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I'll add a bug entry to have the messages no longer listed.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Classic comedy moment. I changed my display name for comedic effect. When attempting to change it back again the My Settings page says that the name has already been registered, please chose another one - or try retrieving your password blah blah blah. I try retrieving my password using my display name to be told "Can't find user information. These are not the droids you are looking for. Move along. & etc."
Ordinarily, I'd be happy to go around in circles all night but it just so happens I have some important drinking to take care of and I fear that I might not be in the right state of mind to cope with it later on.
Anyway, I almost wet myself laughing when I thought I'd be "Brigg Thorpe and so's my wife" for eternity.  
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You are a muppet.
However, I've fixed your name and also fixed the bug (though not uploaded the fix) that caused this problem. It was...the underscore. (I wanted to say "Salmon mousse" but that would have been a lie)
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: You are a muppet
I always thought of myself as more of a Fraggle :P
But thanks anyway
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We're used to other developers' asking questions in the forums. I'm not often answering questions, but I try to help when I see the opportunity. I have learned most of the trade from the community, by asking dumb questions and being a general PITA.
We got some more audiences here;
- The consultants that 'urgently' need some copy/paste code
- Those looking for help with their homework
The last one can be split into the group that wants their homework done for them, and the group that genuinely is looking for information. There's a huge difference in the formulation of an answer when dealing with those different audiences.
Is there a way that we can differentiate here? A special forum for homework might help, but we'll get a mix of C#/VB.NET questions in a single forum. That might not be so desirable.
Another option would be to categorize the desired type of answer; 'pointer to info', 'explanation' etc.
Any thoughts?
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A homework forum would be completely out of control and not a single person would really want to dwell in their since it would be filled with users who are too lazy to actually do the homework. A better suggestion (which I believe still falls under your line of thought) is to have a snippet database/library section of the codeproject. This could be used for snippets that may help with homework, snippets that are not ready to become articles, snippets that may just help in general.
This however would be a pretty big project so I don't see it happening any time soon.
Regards,
Thomas Stockwell
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Thomas Stockwell wrote: since it would be filled with users who are too lazy to actually do the homework
We got both the lazy and the serious ones, scattered throughout the fora now. The tendency is to assume laziness, once we detect homework (I'm generalizing here) The answer one gets in the forums is most likely to be a short piece of code. That's fine for a consultant looking for a quick fix, but it usually doesn't explain why things are the way they are.
In short, I wanna know if the question-asker wants a short or a long answer
Thomas Stockwell wrote: This could be used for snippets that may help with homework
There are various articles targeting novices. And yes, you can leave a question or a remark on the article-comments if you're having trouble with it. That's not the same as having a place to go when you're having questions..
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There's no way we can be encouraging people to post their homework questions. It's bad enough as it is.
Besides, if people are dumb enough or lazy enough to post their homework verbatim, then they are dumb enough and lazy enough to ignore the "This is NOT a homework forum" message.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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You could point them to the appropriate forum then
Chris Maunder wrote: they are dumb enough and lazy enough
You're assuming that people want to have their assignments done for them. I'm looking for a place with experts where one can ask dumb questions and get an elaborate answer with arguments and explanation.
+5 for not pointing me to StackOverflow
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eddyvluggen wrote: I'm looking for a place with experts where one can ask dumb questions and get an elaborate answer with arguments and explanation.
That's what the forums are for. A question is a question regardless of the purpose. The problem with marking something 'homework specific' is that it encourages people to think 'I can get my homework questions answered? Great! Initiating homework dump in 3...2...'
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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At least they'd dump it in a separate forum, as opposed to the consultants who want urgent codez. Be it paid work or homework - there are always people who will try to make you do their.
You've got a valid point in saying that that's what the forums are there for. Just post a homework-grade question and watch the responses flow in..
I'll be Googling for alternatives
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Chris Maunder wrote: It's bad enough as it is.
I agree that it is not a good idea for a homework forum and it would be open for some serious abuse.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
"Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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Paul Conrad wrote: it would be open for some serious abuse
Unless, of course, Paypal was involved...
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Evil!
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Any plans for CP supporting login via OpenID?
.:. Keno .:.
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Okeno Palmer wrote: Any plans for CP supporting login via OpenID?
Yeah then all the Stack Overflow guys can claim to be CPians 
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aww cmon Nish .. they aren't all bad 
.:. Keno .:.
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