Special characters and editing

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Special characters, such as θ, display correctly when initially posted but turn into '?' after editing and saving the post on WinXP and Opera7. The issue persists despite previous fixes being overwritten during a software upgrade. A proposed solution is to replace special characters with their original HTML entities when populating the edit page. This problem has been acknowledged as recurring in earlier versions of the platform. The need for further bug fixes has been noted, and this issue will be added to the list.
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Ok, this is bugging me again, so I'll say something!


Procedure (on WinXP and Opera7):

(1) Write a post with a special character, like θ.

The character displays fine on the page.

(2) Edit that post.

The character appears fine in my text box.

(3) Save changes.

The character appears as a '?' on the page.


Suggested solution: if possible, replace the special characters with their original incantation, I.E. θ with & theta ;, when you populate the "Edit Post" page.
 
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Ah, yes, this is the same problem we had back in an earlier version of PF. The edits I made to the code to fix this problem were overwritten when we upgraded to 3.03. I have a number of bug fixes I need to do, I'll add this to the list.

- Warren
 

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