Hi, i have some weird symbols that replace certain punctuation marks in LY. I just noticed it today.
I circled the symbols using PAINT.
any ideas why it turns out like that?
Thanks.
WEIRD SYMBOLS, dont know whyits like that
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 Jun 7 2008, 07:34 PM, updated 18y ago
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Hi, i have some weird symbols that replace certain punctuation marks in LY. I just noticed it today. I circled the symbols using PAINT. any ideas why it turns out like that? Thanks. |
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Jun 7 2008, 07:40 PM
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it appears after last night maintenance
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Jun 7 2008, 08:02 PM
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finally someone post this up..
yup, it appear after last maintenance. ASCII , ' , ™ , ® , © , and another weird symbol converted into that symbol.. |
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Jun 7 2008, 08:29 PM
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QUOTE(pikacu @ Jun 7 2008, 08:02 PM) » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «  |
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Jun 7 2008, 08:33 PM
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QUOTE(zamanjaafar @ Jun 7 2008, 08:29 PM) ur post seems okay... if you edit the symbols in the earlier post again, it will be ok/fixed.. |
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Jun 7 2008, 08:55 PM
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Should be due to a character encoding mistmatch. Lemme see what I can do.
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Jun 7 2008, 10:51 PM
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QUOTE(zamanjaafar @ Jun 7 2008, 08:29 PM) ur post seems okay... only symbol that have been type before server upgrade will have this error...(maybe lost in server transaction? » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «  ) ..for symbol that been type after server upgrade will not have this error.. This post has been edited by pikacu: Jun 7 2008, 10:52 PM |
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Jun 8 2008, 09:34 PM
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I'm in the midst of migrating existing data to the new format.
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Jun 8 2008, 10:11 PM
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i see this
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Jun 8 2008, 10:48 PM
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QUOTE(synz @ Jun 8 2008, 10:11 PM) i see this clear your cache |
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Jun 8 2008, 11:47 PM
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is this included for chinese words?
becuz no matter what encoding i use i still see weird symbols... |
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Jun 9 2008, 01:01 AM
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My profile was affected.
Thanks to wKkaY for correcting it. |
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Jun 9 2008, 02:23 AM
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looks like its fix'd. at least at the thread in the OP.
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=12602477 |
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Jun 9 2008, 01:56 PM
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QUOTE(midnight_plue @ Jun 9 2008, 01:47 AM) is this included for chinese words? Can you take a screenshot for us to see, thanks.becuz no matter what encoding i use i still see weird symbols... |
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Jun 9 2008, 10:20 PM
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QUOTE(wKkaY @ Jun 9 2008, 01:56 PM) Can you take a screenshot for us to see, thanks. here it is! i've tried all sorts of encoding for Chinese... still liddat i wonder why... >_< |
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Jun 9 2008, 10:44 PM
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http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...&#entry17802867
I am viewing this in IE, Firefox on Windows XP, and on Firefox on Linux. All 3 of them show chinese characters. Can anyone else chip in if they face the same problem? |
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Jun 9 2008, 10:48 PM
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I'm pasting this in UTF-8. Is it displaying correctly?
QUOTE BG396 - 白色 White 29.00 BG413 - 红色 Red 26.00 BG347 - 卡其色 Khaki 25.00 BG414 - 香槟金 Champagne Gold 27.00 BG379 - 银灰 Silver grey 26.00 BG376 - 白色 White 26.00 BG368 - 白色 White 28.00 BG371 - 米白 Beige White 31.00 BG297 - 墨绿 Dark Green 30.00 |
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Jun 9 2008, 10:59 PM
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QUOTE(wKkaY @ Jun 9 2008, 10:48 PM) I'm pasting this in UTF-8. Is it displaying correctly? i cant read chinese, but yeah.. chinese words |
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Jun 9 2008, 11:11 PM
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I see it
 
using FF3 RC2 Vista SP1 This post has been edited by pikacu: Jun 9 2008, 11:11 PM |
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Jun 9 2008, 11:26 PM
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Oh please mr. Admin, I had to create new account bcoz of my username used the weird symbol. My bad..
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