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Title: Why don't letters with certain diacritic marks display right?
Post by: [hedy]Zidone on February 12, 2008, 07:59:41 AM
I know umlaut "a" doesn't work, yet circumflex letters and cedilla c do. Why is this?

test:
??
?????
?????
umlaut o, u
grave a, e, i, o, u
acute a, e, i, o, u

Also, they show up in preview correctly. It only screws up when I save the post.
Title: Re: Why don't letters with certain diacritic marks display right?
Post by: V on February 12, 2008, 08:17:06 AM
que pasa
Title: Re: Why don't letters with certain diacritic marks display right?
Post by: [hedy]Zidone on February 12, 2008, 08:25:07 AM
Quote from: V on February 12, 2008, 08:17:06 AM
que pasa

Estoy bien, gracias.
Title: Re: Why don't letters with certain diacritic marks display right?
Post by: Daddy on February 12, 2008, 08:33:34 AM
IDK but I wish they'd fix it.

We can't even post "luts" correctly since we can't use the umlaut.
Title: Re: Why don't letters with certain diacritic marks display right?
Post by: [hedy]Zidone on February 12, 2008, 08:35:12 AM
Quote from: JMV290 on February 12, 2008, 08:33:34 AM
IDK but I wish they'd fix it.

We can't even post "luts" correctly since we can't use the umlaut.
Also, both the Greek and Cyrillic alphabets display correctly. :(
Title: Re: Why don't letters with certain diacritic marks display right?
Post by: Zack777 on February 12, 2008, 09:35:41 AM
Because Windows is racist  baddood;
Title: Re: Why don't letters with certain diacritic marks display right?
Post by: Hensa on February 12, 2008, 09:36:12 AM
Quote from: ZACK777 IS MUDKIPZ on February 12, 2008, 09:35:41 AM
Because Windows is racist  baddood;
amen.
Title: Re: Why don't letters with certain diacritic marks display right?
Post by: [hedy]Zidone on February 12, 2008, 09:37:41 AM
Quote from: ZACK777 IS MUDKIPZ on February 12, 2008, 09:35:41 AM
Because Windows is racist  baddood;

only to eastasians and native americans doodthing;
Title: Re: Why don't letters with certain diacritic marks display right?
Post by: Zack777 on February 12, 2008, 09:38:38 AM
Quote from: Zidone on February 12, 2008, 09:37:41 AM
only to east asians and native americans doodthing;

You mean to the people who BUILT the parts  gonk;
Title: Re: Why don't letters with certain diacritic marks display right?
Post by: [hedy]Zidone on February 12, 2008, 09:39:53 AM
Quote from: ZACK777 IS MUDKIPZ on February 12, 2008, 09:38:38 AM
You mean to the people who BUILT the parts  gonk;

native americans built my computer? doodella;
but i can't find a single made in america or eastasian country tag anywhere on or in my computer
Title: Re: Why don't letters with certain diacritic marks display right?
Post by: Zack777 on February 12, 2008, 09:42:00 AM
Quote from: Zidone on February 12, 2008, 09:39:53 AM
native americans built my computer? doodella;

Take a hammer, hit your computer with it REALLY hard untle you can see indian beeds

then start fucking the hole where the Dell logo was  dawkins;
Title: Re: Why don't letters with certain diacritic marks display right?
Post by: Hensa on February 12, 2008, 09:43:19 AM
shoulda heard my dad bitching at an indian help desk person about a part on our computer.

i laughed for hours.
Title: Re: Why don't letters with certain diacritic marks display right?
Post by: [hedy]Zidone on February 12, 2008, 09:43:41 AM
Quote from: ZACK777 IS MUDKIPZ on February 12, 2008, 09:42:00 AM
Take a hammer, hit your computer with it REALLY hard untle you can see indian beeds

then start fucking the hole where the Dell logo was  dawkins;

there better not be a dell logo on my computer

It's an eMachine. caterpie;
Title: Re: Why don't letters with certain diacritic marks display right?
Post by: Zack777 on February 12, 2008, 09:45:21 AM
Quote from: Zidone on February 12, 2008, 09:43:41 AM
there better not be a dell logo on my computer

It's an eMachine. caterpie;

good news, smaller hole  doodella;
Title: Re: Why don't letters with certain diacritic marks display right?
Post by: [hedy]Zidone on February 12, 2008, 09:49:13 AM
Quote from: ZACK777 IS MUDKIPZ on February 12, 2008, 09:45:21 AM
good news, smaller hole  doodella;

yeah cool

Why did you bring up Windows in the first place? If the letters showed up in preview, then it couldn't be a problem with anything but the forum. doodthing;
Title: Re: Why don't letters with certain diacritic marks display right?
Post by: Zack777 on February 12, 2008, 09:51:23 AM
Quote from: Zidone on February 12, 2008, 09:49:13 AM
yeah cool

Why did you bring up Windows in the first place? If the letters showed up in preview, then it couldn't be a problem with anything but the forum. doodthing;

Seprate but equal?
Title: Re: Why don't letters with certain diacritic marks display right?
Post by: [hedy]Zidone on February 12, 2008, 09:53:35 AM
Quote from: ZACK777 IS MUDKIPZ on February 12, 2008, 09:51:23 AM
Seprate but equal?

Symbols don't turn to unintelligible gibberish on their own, especially not between previewing and posting a message. caterpie;
Title: Re: Why don't letters with certain diacritic marks display right?
Post by: Zack777 on February 12, 2008, 09:54:22 AM
Quote from: Zidone on February 12, 2008, 09:53:35 AM
Symbols don't turn to unintelligible gibberish on their own, especially not between previewing and posting a message. caterpie;

Maybe you need to install the language packs on widnows
Title: Re: Why don't letters with certain diacritic marks display right?
Post by: [hedy]Zidone on February 12, 2008, 10:01:31 AM
Quote from: ZACK777 IS MUDKIPZ on February 12, 2008, 09:54:22 AM
Maybe you need to install the language packs on widnows

Why would letters-with-diacritic-marks, that appear frequently in European languages readable in most English-language computers (including mine), suddenly turn into unreadable text (in my browser, question marks) between previewing and posting a message on an online forum?
This problem doesn't appear on any other website, I got the letters from Wikipedia and I've seen them in a bunch of non-English websites. And as JMV said, this isn't limited to me and he implied it isn't limited to Windows users.

Also, there's no way in hell I'm going to go find my nonexistent Windows XP installation disc, just so I can install those stupid language packs. My laptop's already got them pre-installed, so I'll just use it for anything I need.
Title: Re: Why don't letters with certain diacritic marks display right?
Post by: Daddy on February 12, 2008, 10:25:32 AM
Quote from: ZACK777 IS MUDKIPZ on February 12, 2008, 09:54:22 AM
Maybe you need to install the language packs on widnows
It's the forum.

They show up as question marks on Macs too.  They work fine on Outsider and NSF.net.