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(48,733 posts) Thu Apr 21, 2022, 01:42 PM Apr 2022

Not allowing French spelling in the thread title?

I tried to put a new post about the French presidential debate. The French spelling is débat with the emphasis (or whatever the term in) on the e.

While I managed to put it in the body of the post, not on the title. It kept listed is as Dbat. I finally left it.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216615337

Oh, and I copied and pasted it..

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Not allowing French spelling in the thread title? (Original Post) question everything Apr 2022 OP

Not all special characters show up in titles. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2022 #1

Thanks. first time for me question everything Apr 2022 #3

débat | débat | débat Make7 Apr 2022 #2

Thanks. Too convoluted but thanks for the explanation and for the suggested path. question everything Apr 2022 #4

There's a workaround, but it's a royal pain in the ass Brother Buzz Apr 2022 #5

mahatmakanejeeves

(60,748 posts)

1. Not all special characters show up in titles.

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Thu Apr 21, 2022, 01:44 PM

Apr 2022

Last edited Thu Apr 21, 2022, 02:22 PM - Edit history (1)

Accented characters get the axe.

question everything

(48,733 posts)

3. Thanks. first time for me

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 21, 2022, 03:10 PM

Apr 2022

Make7

(8,546 posts)

2. débat | débat | débat

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Thu Apr 21, 2022, 03:09 PM

Apr 2022

débat = débat

débat = débat

http://pinyin.info/unicode/diacritics.html

débat = débat

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combining_Diacritical_Marks

NOTE: previewing your post will turn the html entities into the characters which get deleted when posted. If you preview, hit the back button in your browser to return to the title with html entities for posting. Editing a post will also cause deletion of those characters, you need to add them back in to make then display properly.

Hopefully the coming DU software updates will address this issue.

question everything

(48,733 posts)

4. Thanks. Too convoluted but thanks for the explanation and for the suggested path.

Reply to Make7 (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 21, 2022, 07:19 PM

Apr 2022

Brother Buzz

(37,721 posts)

5. There's a workaround, but it's a royal pain in the ass

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Tue Apr 26, 2022, 12:11 PM

Apr 2022

https://www.democraticunderground.com/125616314

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