Is there a scripting error in html used in the forum? Specifically I would like to point to topic #58998,where in Muckshifter's posts 2 & 7 some special characters with accent and dipthong have appeared.
If there is no error then can please somebody satisfy my curiosity.
At the point of myself appearing less informed, can somebody tell me about the grammatic rules of using these "funny" characters and their applicable meanings in the context that they have been used?
TIA
AGB

Edit:I had initially posted this question for Steve where in fact it should have been for Jason regret the error.
AGB

Do you have a link to the thread that you are talking about, please?

marti

It's here, Marti: http://www.pcqanda.com/dcforum/computer/58998.html#2

Thanks Bob.

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agb,

I don't see any strange characters in those posts. A screen shot would be helpful. What browser are you using?

marti

I am using Mozilla.
AGB

Marti,
Thanks for your response.Part of the post from topic #58998 is pasted below.
AGB

>If it makes you feel any better … I wasted 10 CD’s by “thinking” they were duff.

I see no "funny characters" in either of those posts. what browser are you using?

Shelly

I looked at the source code, I don't see any code used in that post.

marti

I don't have the current version of Mozilla, but called up that thread using Mozilla. It looks the same as it does with IE. Wish I knew what was going on...

marti

A screenshot herewith.
AGB

Attachment #1, (txt file)

they were duff.


Am I to assume that QUOTATION MARKS, an APOSTROPHE, and an ELLIPSIS qualify as "strange characters"??? I think they are in pretty standard usage in the English language.

Also, I don't think his name is "Lavine"...

(Broken link fixed.)

>>If it makes you feel any better … I wasted 10
>CD’s by “thinking” they were duff.
>
>
>Am I to assume that QUOTATION MARKS, an APOSTROPHE, and an
>ELLIPSIS qualify as
>"strange characters"??? I think they are in pretty standard
>usage in the English language.
>
>Also, I don't think his name is "Lavine"...

Rick,

He is seeing other characters, not what we see. If he can figure out the screen shot, we will see what he is talking about.

(PS: We try to spell correctly, but it's not a requirement when posting in any forum here.)

marti

Oh, you're so 'by the book', marty. Have a glass of wine before you turn your computer on...

Are you able to see the screenshot now?
AGB

Attachment #1, (jpg file)

Are you seeing æ or something else?

I am seeing the post as I pasted in #4
AGB

>I am seeing the post as I pasted in #4
>AGB

But we don't see any funny characters! Please send the screen shot to me and I'll post it.

marti

I can email it to you if you can send me your email address, as I have been able to capture it on my email form.
AGB

Look for the email icon on the right.

marti

if you want to see how your post actually looks on our browsers...
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Is there some reason why all the attachments the poster has made are all named "dcboard.htm" and all lead to the Main Forum "Home" screen?? Is this a faux pas in the forum software?

email icon is the first on the right.

marti

Marty, I hope you will post the image once you get it!

Marti
Did you receive the email?
AGB

no I have not. I sent an email to you, a little while ago, asking you to please send the screen shot.

marti

And I replied and also attached an irfanview jpegfile.
AGB

It's not showing up! Email is working fine.

marti

It must be a shitty connection.

Attachment #1, (gif file)

OK, here I am in Windows with Mozilla. I needed to check the font encoding settings. If you are seeing this problem in more than just that one thread (could just be a glitch in the way your browser is parsing that page), you should check in Preferences under Appearance/Fonts, and see what font language encoding settings you are using.

I use "Western" for English, and I'm not seeing that behaviour in Mucks' post.

Grogan

Well I'm glad I'm not to blame ... I wouldn't know how to embed special caricatures in a post ... I do have a bad habit of over-using "punctuation" marks ... and 3 full stops instead of a comer.

English is not my first language either ... I'm a Scot. }>

Hmmm..., I think you are on to something there.

<However, excuse me for being a little jaded. So far all the attachments that agd has posted are NOT .jpg files, but are instead .htm files that point to the PCQ&A Home page. Now agd has sent Marty an email again with a bogus .jpg. Something is a little fishy with agd or his computer...>

It seems that agd's browser is handling the "Escape Sequences" incorrectly. If you guys (and gal) look carefully at the quote in question, you will note that the characters identified are all displayed through their Escape Sequences and NOT through their 'usual' ASCII characters.

For example:

If it makes you feel any better … I wasted 10 CD’s by “thinking” they were duff.

...is NOT the same as:

If it makes you feel any better ... I wasted 10 CD's by "thinking" they were duff.

Oh, they look similar, but the coding is different. Grogan correctly points out this may be an 'Encoding' issue. I looked at the page in Western, Baltic, Central European, Western European, Central European (DOS), etc. Many of them display the Escape Sequences correctly -- but not all. Here is an examples:

Central European (DOS): ...any better û I wasted 10 CDís by ôthinkingö they...

So, agd's browser is either working with Escape Sequences incorrectly or the Encoding is set up in a non-standard way.

Add:
<I had to cheat! I could not even find the correct escape sequence that is shown for the ellipsis in Central European (DOS) Encoding. It should be something like "ů" -- which could be a "u" with an º over it -- but as you can see, that does not work!>

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Corrected the missing "I" typo -- and added the image.

Attachment #1, (jpg file)