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Free Republic's "Punctuation Script Problem" is Solved!
Jan. 18, 2016

Posted on 01/18/2016 6:31:59 PM PST by PROCON

Has anyone else noticed that the " and ' symbols that were plaguing our threads for so long are no longer present?

Woo-Hoo, Good Job to John Robinson and the Free Republic computer fix-it nerds!


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: falsealarm; freepun; freerepublic; frpunctuation; notfixed; punctuation
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To: Vendome
We still have the ever present Grammar Nazi's who correct us alot.

Actually, you didn't need the apostrophe after the i in Nazis :-)

61 posted on 01/18/2016 6:55:25 PM PST by PROCON (Proud CRUZader!)
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To: snarkpup

Let's try brute-force character entities: ä ö ü õ å æ ø
There is your answer.
62 posted on 01/18/2016 6:56:18 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: P-Marlowe
But not in the posts.

Frustrating...

63 posted on 01/18/2016 6:56:41 PM PST by PROCON (Proud CRUZader!)
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To: PROCON
Challenger 7: 30 Years Ago

Not in the body of that thread and I found others.

64 posted on 01/18/2016 6:57:58 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: TigersEye

Did you find a lot of other threads with the problem or just some?


65 posted on 01/18/2016 6:59:56 PM PST by PROCON (Proud CRUZader!)
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To: Ray76

The “ and ‘ symbols are fixed?


:(


66 posted on 01/18/2016 7:01:02 PM PST by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: KarlInOhio
keep on going into the following posts.

Ya gotta go back a decade and some (or thereabouts) to recapture that era.

Here, Use this.


67 posted on 01/18/2016 7:01:12 PM PST by NoCmpromiz (/.John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: PROCON

It’s happening on this thread posted just 10 min ago:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3385431/posts


68 posted on 01/18/2016 7:02:05 PM PST by ETL (Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
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To: Olog-hai

¡Yeb!

Tried again


69 posted on 01/18/2016 7:03:02 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: PROCON

Thank you. I would ry to remember to go back thru articles to change to ‘ & “ but sometimes I missed a few (or forgot!)
So thank you thank you


70 posted on 01/18/2016 7:03:56 PM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com
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To: PJBankard

Just curious - from what application are you copying and pasting?


71 posted on 01/18/2016 7:06:00 PM PST by day10 (You'll get nothing and like it!)
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To: ETL

I’m no computer genius but it seems to be affecting fewer characters.


72 posted on 01/18/2016 7:07:22 PM PST by PROCON (Proud CRUZader!)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

wtf how can read anything now. i need the balloons and stuff to help me make sense out some out of wacky posts./s


73 posted on 01/18/2016 7:07:59 PM PST by kvanbrunt2
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To: PROCON
You can easily avoid the problem by manually replacing apostrophes and quote marks prior to posting. Same issue with the long dash.

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Below is an example of both types of apostrophes and quotation marks in a pre-post composition AND the result after posting or previewing both:

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Another solution...

Replace smart quotes with regular straight quotes:

When I post HTML to a blog, I find that smart quotes don't show up correctly, so this tool replaces smart quotes (and a few other entities) with regular quotes (or the regular entity). To use, paste the text containing the smart quotes in the top box, then hit convert and the converted text will appear in the lower box.

http://dan.hersam.com/tools/smart-quotes.html

74 posted on 01/18/2016 7:08:23 PM PST by ETL (Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
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To: ifinnegan

i think it happens on the cut and past from a post here


75 posted on 01/18/2016 7:10:02 PM PST by kvanbrunt2
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To: ETL

I’ve also been using that website to refine threads I post.


76 posted on 01/18/2016 7:10:08 PM PST by PROCON (Proud CRUZader!)
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To: PROCON

Random snip from

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/01/18/exclusive-rnc-officially-severs-ties-with-nbc-news-for-upcoming-gop-debate/

“I write to inform you that pending further discussion between the Republican National Committee (RNC) and our presidential campaigns, we are suspending the partnership with NBC News for the Republican primary debate at the University of Houston on February 26, 2016,” Priebus wrote to NBC News chairman Andy Lack back in late October. “The RNC’s sole role in the primary debate process is to ensure that our candidates are given a full and fair opportunity to lay out their vision for America’s future. We simply cannot continue with NBC without full consultation with our campaigns.”

Nope. Not dead yet.


77 posted on 01/18/2016 7:12:08 PM PST by don-o
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To: KarlInOhio

You forgot strikeout!


78 posted on 01/18/2016 7:12:46 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: PROCON

I never have a problem when typing directly ...Copying and pasting from anything but my notepad presents a problem.


79 posted on 01/18/2016 7:13:33 PM PST by MEG33 (God Bless America And Our Troops)
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To: PROCON

80 posted on 01/18/2016 7:13:38 PM PST by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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