Fixing Broken Things: ASCII Symbols & More

[Hurkyl]

The codes to create ASCII symbols are no longer working.

μ
π
√
∞

(while I'm on the topic, how do you make a "not equals" sign, or a "plus/minus" sign this way?)

 

[Astronuc]

One can use ASCI code 0177 (Alt 0177, with num lock activated) to get ± .

I don't know about ≠ but it is Unicode 2260. I just copied it from the Windows Character Map.


BTW - I cannot access the Journals Index or My Journal. I get a message about "not having permission to access the page."

 

[Evo]

I can access the journal ok. Ohhhhh, look at al the new features in journal! I can name the people that I want to be able to see each post I make!

 

[Gokul43201]

I can't access Journals either.

 

[Astronuc]

As far as I can tell, I have access to everything that I am supposed to as a contributor, except for the journal. I cannot even go to My Journal. I suspect its a permissions issue, and presumably 'Super Mentors' have permissions set for that feature and others.

 

[Gokul43201]

Also, I don't see any difference in the edit screen...other than that nothing in it works.

EDIT : This just changed. The new editing style is neato !

 

[robphy]

I was able to write a simple entry in my journal.
It appears to be trying to process the [ tex ] [/ tex ] tags.
The image is broken... but one can click it to reveal the tex-tags.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Contributors can now add a journal.

 

[Gokul43201]

I can see journals now. Thanks Greg.

 

[Astronuc]

I too can see the journals. Thanks, Greg!

 

[Lisa!]

It seems that not being a contributor's been better in this case, because I was able to write in my journal afew minutes after upgrading!

 

[chroot]

robphy,

I would like to extend LaTeX to journals, PMs, and other parts of the site. I will need a bit of time to figure out the best way to proceed on it, though.

- Warren "looking for the damn $forumid variable" Admin

 

[loseyourname]

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Just checking to see if inserting directly from the Mac OS character palette will work.

Edit: Looks like it doesn't. Oh well.

 

[Moonbear]

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Just checking to see if inserting directly from the Mac OS character palette will work.

Edit: Looks like it doesn't. Oh well.

No, and I've run into problems with trying to use Ascii characters from a Mac in the past too. If you need characters that will work, ask HRW...she's the one who figured out how I could create a non-breaking space (sort of...it still broke, but at least it created the extra spaces).

 

[robphy]

robphy,

I would like to extend LaTeX to journals, PMs, and other parts of the site. I will need a bit of time to figure out the best way to proceed on it, though.

- Warren "looking for the damn $forumid variable" Admin

Thanks.
By the way, is there a problem with LaTeX in the standard posts? For me, I get the broken image with the "LaTeX graphic is being generated..." in the Preview.

test: $$\LaTeX$$ (seems to work when posted... but not during composing/previewing)

...added possibly useful debugging info: 
while composing/editing/previewing, the above tex-img has a URL of 
[PLAIN]https://www.physicsforums.com/latex_images/-0.png

[/PLAIN]

 

[Danger]

Something weird just happened here. Things were slow, so I deked out to Google for a while. When I came back, I had to log in again. That's never happened before. Is automatic log-out a glitch, or a deliberate change to keep me from wandering away for a couple of days and leaving my green light on?

edit: Never mind. I just did it again and didn't get logged out.

 

[Evo]

I keep getting logged out. It's been happening off and on all day.

 

[hypnagogue]

This is probably not the cause of the logging out thing but it's worth checking out anyway. When you log in, do you check off the "Remember me" box?

 

[saltydog]

Thanks.
By the way, is there a problem with LaTeX in the standard posts? For me, I get the broken image with the "LaTeX graphic is being generated..." in the Preview.

test: $$\LaTeX$$ (seems to work when posted... but not during composing/previewing)

...added possibly useful debugging info: 
while composing/editing/previewing, the above tex-img has a URL of 
[PLAIN]https://www.physicsforums.com/latex_images/-0.png

[/PLAIN]

You know guys, Greg and Warren I suppose . . . I have confidence in you to "iron out" the "minor" bugs reported. Really I do. I'm patient . . .

 

[Hurkyl]

Wow, not just zero, but a negative zero!

 

[Moonbear]

You know guys, Greg and Warren I suppose . . . I have confidence in you to "iron out" the "minor" bugs reported. Really I do. I'm patient . . .

Yes, please have patience.

Greg and Chroot have a lot to do; there are features that got turned off with the upgrade that need to get turned back on (I'm just relaying what Greg told the mentors...some apparent bugs aren't bugs at all, just features they haven't turned on yet...please continue to report in case they were missed/forgotten), and some might be actual glitches that might take a bit longer to work on. Plus, they're still working on the rest of the wardrobe for PF's makeover.

Please, just keep reporting any hiccups, glitches, non-functioning features you run into and they'll get to it. Some may be easy fixes and can be taken care of quickly, others might take a little more time.

 

[Danger]

This is probably not the cause of the logging out thing but it's worth checking out anyway. When you log in, do you check off the "Remember me" box?

Nope. Didn't know for sure what the hell it does. I clicked it the first time that I logged on back in February or whenever, but never noticed anything. I thought that it was supposed to automatically enter my password for me, but it didn't so I forgot all about it. (Got done in with again last night, incidentally.) The next time I log in, I'll do that.

 

[loseyourname]

Nope. Didn't know for sure what the hell it does. I clicked it the first time that I logged on back in February or whenever, but never noticed anything. I thought that it was supposed to automatically enter my password for me, but it didn't so I forgot all about it. (Got done in with again last night, incidentally.) The next time I log in, I'll do that.

Clicking that button sets the login cookie on your harddrive and keeps you logged in after you close the page or your browser.

 

[Danger]

Very handy. Thanks.
Now... there's an embarrassing typo in one of my posts today and my 'edit' button isn't working. It was fine yesterday. Whazzup?

 

[Lisa!]

Very handy. Thanks.
Now... there's an embarrassing typo in one of my posts today and my 'edit' button isn't working. It was fine yesterday. Whazzup?

Some of members aren't allowed to edit their post esp. those who wants to get the funniest member ribbon. :tongue2:

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Very handy. Thanks.
Now... there's an embarrassing typo in one of my posts today and my 'edit' button isn't working. It was fine yesterday. Whazzup?

You have 2min to edit a thread title and 1 day to edit a post.

 

[Danger]

I'm not actually pursuing any ribbons, and at any rate have probably lost any chance at it because of my much-reduced posting. On the other hand, I hate typos. I must ensure that my spelling is perfect in order to counter-act that of Hypatia.

 

[Danger]

Hi Greg;
I was aware of the 1-day limit. Unfortunately, this attempt (and several that I tried with other posts, including the foregoing), was less than 30 seconds after posting. The button turns green when I click it, but nothing else happens.:grumpy:

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Hi Greg;
I was aware of the 1-day limit. Unfortunately, this attempt (and several that I tried with other posts, including the foregoing), was less than 30 seconds after posting. The button turns green when I click it, but nothing else happens.:grumpy:

What do you mean the button turns green? It is a green button. Does the quote button work for you? Both are just linked images.

 

[Danger]

What do you mean the button turns green? It is a green button. Does the quote button work for you? Both are just linked images.

Well, this answers the question about the 'quote' button. I didn't know until I tried it. What I meant was that the border of the button lights up a kind of turquoise the same as usual when the cursor is on it, and if I click it stays lit up when the cursor is removed. Nothing else happens, though.

 

[Danger]

Okay, here we go again. I made an error in that post and still couldn't edit it. The border doesn't light up until the button is clicked. I was getting mixed up with the way other things light up just from having the cursor on them.

 

[saltydog]

Got problems editing posts. This is the symptom:

Go to edit the post, make the edit, press "submit", the updated post I see does not reflect the edited change. However, if I go to "quote", and then just go back a page in my web-broser (Mozilla), the screen reflects the change.

Really, I've made two post in the HW and well, I had "typos" and couldn't manage the editing appropriately, that is, before any user or the smallest numer of users got to see it. It's unpleasant.

Hope you guys can fix this soon.

Hey, you guys don't need any help managing software updates do you? I have experience in those matters <insert smiley here that also ain't workin'>

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Press CTRL-F5 in your browser, see if that helps saltydog

Also it appears from other reports that Norton IS messes with some of the javascript here. Anyone using it?

Another thing is to check what your IE security setting is and see if it's too high.

 

[Les Sleeth]

Also it appears from other reports that Norton IS messes with some of the javascript here. Anyone using it?

Another thing is to check what your IE security setting is and see if it's too high.

I am using Norton Systemworks and virus protection, what is Norton IS? I can't edit at all, and can't use the "Fonts," Sizes," etc. buttons when writing my posts.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I am using Norton Systemworks and virus protection, what is Norton IS? I can't edit at all, and can't use the "Fonts," Sizes," etc. buttons when writing my posts.

http://www.symantec.com/sabu/nis/nis_pe/

What browser are you using?