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Question editing opens content original post

9-Dec-13 2:23

Don't tempt me to add another flag to my message flag options.

André Kraak8-Dec-13 8:28

André Kraak

8-Dec-13 8:28

When editing a question which has already been edited the text displayed in the editor is that of the original post.
Also when opening the revision list only the original post is displayed. Using the "Show minor revisions" button does not show them either, if they were minor.

As an example see this question Problem in splitting String in C#[^]
The current text make use of code tags however when you open the editor the tags are not present.
The revision list should show 6 versions, but only the original post is shown.

Re: Question editing opens content original post

ridoy8-Dec-13 18:50

ridoy

8-Dec-13 18:50

I completely agree with this, very weird in fact. When i edit something in my answers or question then it begins to post original post rather than the edited version. Tired in fact when i need to edit something, Sniff | :^)

This is surely a bug going on here..

Shuvro

Re: Question editing opens content original post

SoMad8-Dec-13 19:30

SoMad

8-Dec-13 19:30

Ahhh, so I am not going crazy Smile | :)

. I ended up modifying my latest answer in QA several times because I was not seeing all my changes after modifying it.

Soren Madsen

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

Re: Question editing opens content original post

Nelek8-Dec-13 21:28

Nelek

8-Dec-13 21:28

I am having this issue as well,

IE 9 and FF 22.0 both with the same behaviour

I have tried pressing F5 to land in other Web0x-Server but it is making no difference.

M.D.V.

If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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Tweet count and article renames.

Paulo Zemek7-Dec-13 14:33

Paulo Zemek

7-Dec-13 14:33

Hi, I can't say it is really a bug, but I recently published an article with the title ExpandableIocContainer. Later I changed the title to be "Exandable IoC Container". Doing that also changed the link (before it was http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/692888/ExpandableIocContainer, now it is Expandable IoC Container[^]). By doing that, all the tweets that existed before "disappeared".

They are still there if I really look by the old address: https://twitter.com/search?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.codeproject.com%2FArticles%2F692888%2FExpandableIocContainer&f=realtime[^]

But it is usually only considering the new tweets: https://twitter.com/search?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.codeproject.com%2FArticles%2F692888%2FExpandable-IoC-Container&f=realtime[^]

Is it possible to sum those results or for speed considerations those old tweets will be simply lost?

Re: Tweet count and article renames.

Chris Maunder9-Dec-13 2:20

Re: Tweet count and article renames.

9-Dec-13 2:20

You mean the tweet count was reset?

Tweet count is based on the one thing that Twitter will see: your URL. Change the title and you change the URL. However, when editing an article you can be sneaky: below the WYSIWYG editor is a line showing the final URL of the article. Click the slug (the end bit of the URL) and set that to whatever you want, eg. the old slug 'ExpandableIocContainer" and twitter will hook it up again.

Paulo Zemek9-Dec-13 3:07

Paulo Zemek

9-Dec-13 3:07

I will remember that for the next time... now I already have tweets in both addresses.

VB Sticky

Mycroft Holmes7-Dec-13 12:29

7-Dec-13 12:29

Can we get a sticky for the VB forum explaining that VB6 is a dead language and that there is a free net express product that should be used.

There has been a rash of VB6 questions indicating new project in the forum recently. A sticky may reduce the urge to call the poster a complete idiot and to upgrade to .Net.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH

TnTinMn7-Dec-13 16:42

TnTinMn

7-Dec-13 16:42

I am not disagreeing with your stance, but I believe that the forum title "Visual Basic" invites VB6 type questions as it has been the traditional way to refer to that language.

What I do disagree with is:

the urge to call the poster a complete idiot and to upgrade to .Net.

On another site, I helped a guy with a VB6 project and I asked him if he could explain why I observed so many VB6 questions from his stated country (India) and he informed me that it was what being taught at his university (this about one year ago). Needless to say, I was somewhat taken back by that statement, but it explained the many rudimentary programing questions being posed in VB6. My reason for stating this, is so that those with the urge to ridicule may think a bit before doing so. Perhaps, some of CP's members from India could offer further insight on this issue.

Additionally, this site claims:

Quote:
CodeProject is a community of Software development and Design developers joined together with certain common goals: to learn, to teach and to have fun programming. Developers from all over the world come together to share source code, tutorials and knowledge for free to help their fellow programmers.

I see nothing in that statement that says a programming language must be actively supported by its creator for it to be a valid topic for discussion.

Mycroft Holmes7-Dec-13 17:20

7-Dec-13 17:20

I realise there are many existing apps out there but I am truly shocked to hear a university was still using VB6 as a teaching aid. I would consider that almost a crime, I can't imagine any teaching organisation disadvantaging their students to that degree.

I don't think CP should not helps where they can, an awful lot of us worked through VB6, but to see someone starting a project using VB6 is distressing, these are the people I consider need to be enlightened.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH

Chris Maunder9-Dec-13 2:15

9-Dec-13 2:15

Regardless of whether you, I, or the rest of Those Who Know Better reckon VB6 should quietly leave the room, and quickly, there's a ton of code still being written in VB6.

Nicholas Marty9-Dec-13 4:43

Nicholas Marty

9-Dec-13 4:43

The problem is: There is too much code written in VB6. Nobody has the time and money needed to upgrade all those old apps to .NET (or any other language). So if a bug is found or a small change needed the legacy goes on...
I too have to maintain some legacy VB6 apps and I'm really grateful for any site which is still offering some information about that language.

Mycroft Holmes9-Dec-13 11:40

9-Dec-13 11:40

I don't have a problem with maintaining VB6, that is part of what we do, even adding minor changes, what really bugs me is where new projects are being started in VB6 , I think that should be discouraged strongly.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH

Nelek9-Dec-13 21:01

Nelek

9-Dec-13 21:01

Mycroft Holmes wrote:
what really bugs me is where new projects are being started in VB6 , I think that should be discouraged strongly.

Then you should speak with the companies doing it. So long the "sh1t" is over there, CP is only trying to minimize the coding-horrors Wink | ;)

M.D.V.

Mycroft Holmes9-Dec-13 22:21

9-Dec-13 22:21

You miss the point, when you see questions asking how to create/start/extend a VB6 project there is a great temptation (for me anyway) to call the OP a pillock. If there was a sticky about what the responder should most certainly point out it may lower the level of angst.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH

Improving/Correcting an accepted solution does set the solution to not accepted

Nelek10-Dec-13 23:18

Nelek

10-Dec-13 23:18

Do you really think that such "enquirers" read sticky posts? Poke tongue | ;-P

M.D.V.

idle637-Dec-13 6:12

idle63

7-Dec-13 6:12

Improving/Correting an accepted solution does set the solution to not accepted.
Ok at least points will not be decremented Wink | ;)

modified 7-Dec-13 12:26pm.

Re: Improving/Correcting an accepted solution does set the solution to not accepted

BillWoodruff8-Dec-13 18:36

BillWoodruff

8-Dec-13 18:36

imho, your editing an accepted solution puts you in the position of "second guessing" two people, the OP, and the person who wrote the solution.

I suggest that if you think there's an error in the code, you write a comment on the solution; if you think the whole approach is wrong, write your own solution.

"What Turing gave us for the first time (and without Turing you just couldn't do any of this) is he gave us a way of thinking about and taking seriously and thinking in a disciplined way about phenomena that have, as I like to say, trillions of moving parts.

Until the late 20th century, nobody knew how to take seriously a machine with a trillion moving parts. It's just mind-boggling." Daniel C. Dennett

My Article Won't Update

.dan.g.6-Dec-13 10:46

.dan.g.

6-Dec-13 10:46

Although having edited the text of my article[^], the article content does not update when I re-visit the page.

ie. If I re-edit the page, all the new content is displayed in the editor, but 'Publish' does not update the article. So the page displays 6.8.1 but the editor displays 6.8.2.

Very confused!

.dan.g.

AbstractSpoon Software
email: abstractspoon2(at)optusnet(dot)com(dot)au

Re: My Article Won't Update

Sean Ewington6-Dec-13 10:49

Sean Ewington

6-Dec-13 10:49

Apologies, we're experiencing some Article Editor weirdness. We're on it!

I ran a few tests and your edits will show up "eventually," but I wouldn't take that to the bank. I recommend waiting until we get it all resolved.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Re: My Article Won't Update

.dan.g.6-Dec-13 12:24

.dan.g.

6-Dec-13 12:24

Thx mate.

.dan.g.

AbstractSpoon Software
email: abstractspoon2(at)optusnet(dot)com(dot)au

Code Block Language Addition

DaveAuld6-Dec-13 10:10

DaveAuld

6-Dec-13 10:10

Can you add Python to the list of languages for the code block formatting?

Thanks

Dave
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Re: Code Block Language Addition

Chris Maunder22-Sep-20 12:05