Thanks a lot. It works. Is there a place where I can see all Xerte's special chars/code (desktop version)? <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/9/8 Ron Mitchell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ronm@mitchellmedia.co.uk">ronm@mitchellmedia.co.uk</a>></span><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">sorry missed the fact that the previous post was about Xerte not
XOT. However it would be useful to know if there is a solution other than
images to display special chars/code in an XOT page as this has cropped up as a
question during f2f training.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I just tested just using < with the plain text page and I don't
think it is escaped. Here's my test file <a href="http://xerte5.techdis.palepurple.co.uk/play_5158" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">http://xerte5.techdis.palepurple.co.uk/play_5158</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Which has the following on page 1:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">This is a test of displaying a less than symbol in an XOT plan
text page</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Testing so far indicates that either &lt or the less than
symbol doesn't display and prevents any text after the symbol from displaying</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">e.g. there is text after this line but not showing as this line
ends with the less than symbol <</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">this text is after the less than symbol</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">As you'll see it doesn't show anything after the < e.g. the last
line. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">The > symbol doesn't cause the same problem as shown on page
2.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US"> <a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Julian Tenney<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 08 September 2010 10:04<div class="im"><br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] Bug with the text icon</div></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">the question is about Xerte, not toolkits. In toolkits you ought
to be able to write <> etc anywhere - it ought to be escaped??</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a> on
behalf of Ron Mitchell<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wed 08/09/2010 09:53<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Xerte discussion list'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] Bug with the text icon</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Hi Julian should that work in the plain text page? It doesn't
appear to.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US"> <a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Julian Tenney<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 08 September 2010 09:32<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] Bug with the text icon</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Instead of <, write &lt; </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US">
<a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bárbara
Furtado<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 08 September 2010 00:29<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Bug with the text icon</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;">Hi,<br>
I'm having a problem on Xerte, and I'm looking for someone that could please
help me.<br>
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I would like to know why I cannot write the < character in the text icon.
When I use it, all the text bellow disappear on the preview. Those anyone knows
how to solve this?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Bárbara Furtado</p>
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