Mahz

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This weekend I'd like to implement a big feature. So far I'm thinking it'll be full-text search functionality.

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No, that's not what I was looking for. While you have made it so we can have multiple lines per dot point, you have not allowed for any separation between dot points.

This:
[list]
[*]Line 1

[*]Line 2

[*]Line 3
[/list]
Still renders as:

• Line 1
• Line 2
• Line 3

That is, lacking any spacing.

@BBeast

I see. I'll experiment with full whitespace preservation to see how it impacts how most people expect BBCode lists to work. For example, people often use newlines to organize/space-out their BBCode markup and don't intend for them to create extraneous newlines in the resulting post.

Worst case scenario, if I don't think it's a good default setting, I'll make it an opt-in/advanced feature: [list=preserve] or something like that where prefix/suffix newlines are not trimmed off.

We rather like lists that default without unnecessary extra spacing. But if you really want an extra line between points, the simplest solution is to add this: [color=#2e2c2c].[/color] on your blank lines.

@Ellri

More robust (less likely to break in the future) work-arounds would be:

- Use a new list for every bullet point.
- Use [indent] + your own bullet character.

Ellri, instead of using noparse + color, you can use [code].

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@BlackSam3091

Sadly, just a human. Thanks, nuked their convos + banned.

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Signature Save is still a no go on my end :(

@Silver Fox

Fixed. I re-organized some code last night (split it up into smaller files) and broke some things. :(

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Saw this when I woke up. Think I fixed it.

Change Password

Hello. :)

I'd like to change my password but can't find the setting for it.
Could someone help me?
Thank you!

@Xhala

You should be able to logout, go to the login page, click the "Forgot my Password" link, and change it from the email you receive.

I'll make it more convenient soon.

If you still have problems, my email is in my sig.

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Well, crap. Now that makes it impossible to tab to the post buttons. Can you make the editor respond to shift-tab to add a tab space? Tab is more appropriately reserved for keyboard navigation of webpages.

@Captain Jordan

Yeah, I will just make the tab-override an opt-in checkbox on the editor or something.

Has anybody else noticed that opening a hider removes its title?

Example:

"Click me." [+]

Now the title's gone.

Edit: This only happens when the title is in quotation marks in your raw BBcode.

@ravenDivinity

Thanks.

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Most browser-based environments lacking proper way to make longer rows of whotespace characters has always been a major annoyance of mine. I want my tabs, and I've resorted to colored underscores and worse to get them in the past... (Unless I jut give up and just use single line breals without tabs, which can be a bit textwallish.)
- I really don't like double line break paragraph breaks (as opposed to your typical book-style single line break and tab). Not only do double line breaks result in questionable amounts of void, but I also find such text physically hard to follow when the paragraphs under question are very short.

@Shienvien

Latest push:

• I made an effort to implement tabs and preserve all whitespace.
• You can now copy and paste posts directly without whitespace collapse.

I need help testing it with various BBCode.

a b c d e f
x y - < u e o
q r z p l _

v ⦻ ^

y g q w h j
h & k > h r a
e m b % h o

Changes to the BBCode parser are only reflected in posts/PMs saved (created/edited) since.

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colored underscore:
a
[color=2e2c2c]_[/color]a
[color=2e2c2c]_[/color]a
[color=2e2c2c]__[/color]a
[color=2e2c2c]__[/color]a
[color=2e2c2c]_[/color]a
[color=2e2c2c]__[/color]a
[color=2e2c2c]__[/color]a
[color=2e2c2c]___[/color]a

@Ellri

Oh god. Kill it with fire. Imagine the day I change the background of posts.

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<Snipped quote by Teknonick> So you want indents, yes? I'd also like line breaks to exist between dot points in a list (or, at the very least, not get gobbled up).

@BBeast

• I Think I Just
• Fixed This
• (Paragraph test): As cunning as a vinnie's also he hasn't got a bastard. As cross as a vb when he's got a massive squizz. Lets throw a cockie flamin lets get some chuck a yewy. Grab us a lizard drinking bloody lets get some servo. She'll be right fisho no worries she'll be right bathers. We're going mappa tassie where flat out like a chrissie. He's got a massive muster my stands out like a cook. He hasn't got a bikkie also trent from punchy ripper. Built like a grouse piece of piss as cunning as a chewie. Trent from punchy relo also she'll be right down under. Lets get some pretty spiffy no worries flat out like a . Shazza got us some pig's arse when as busy as a g'day. Flat out like a jug to gutful of struth. She'll be right bastard when get a dog up ya wuss.

Oh, sorry about that. Example: If you try to add in a bunch of spaces in front of this, it still lines up with this line below, right down here. But if you could add in line spaces (Let's pretend theses dashes are invisible and you can't see them) -Teknonick's Application --Appearance ---Descriptive words here... --Biography ---More descriptive words, yet again... It helps to make very condensed, yet still formatted and tidy posts.

@Teknonick

Unfortunately that would introduce a lot of problems for not much gain. I think the solution is just better BBCode. Perhaps [list=nostyle] or something to create lists without bullets?