cleanup requested on smart quotes

December 4, 2006 2:37 PM

The PIRG post might be fantastic, or it might be crap. It might be the best post of the month, or just pure drivel. I can't tell. Any chance an admin could go in and clean up the smart quotes issue?
posted by anotherpanacea to Bugs at 2:37 PM (22 comments total)

ugh. Why do people write HTML in Word?
posted by mathowie (staff) at 3:05 PM on December 4, 2006

Probably for the spell check function. I generally check mine in textpad, but sometimes Word, with it's beguiling red underlining, seems a lot easier and quicker.
posted by shelleycat at 3:18 PM on December 4, 2006

i just like to say "snortlebort".

snortlebort snortlebort snortlebort!
posted by quonsar at 3:24 PM on December 4, 2006

Is there a free text editor, something like Notepad2, that has basic html functions built in?
posted by monju_bosatsu at 3:34 PM on December 4, 2006

Remember that Matt added a red-underline spell-checker to Firefox 2.
posted by grouse at 3:42 PM on December 4, 2006 [1 favorite]

Is there a free text editor, something like Notepad2, that has basic html functions built in?
Yeah, they all do. You just type the tags, you know?

Also, I realize I may be abusing the ellipsis here, but:
Word... seems a lot easier and quicker
I've just never heard anyone say that before.
posted by Wolfdog at 3:45 PM on December 4, 2006

I've just never heard anyone say that before.

When it's the tools you know versus the tools you don't, the former always seems easier and quicker. Nothing shocking there.

btw vi rules
posted by cortex at 3:54 PM on December 4, 2006

When it's the tools you know versus the tools you don't, the former always seems easier and quicker.
Oh, sure, if you're a slave to immutable habits. :wq
posted by Wolfdog at 3:57 PM on December 4, 2006

The emphasis is on seems. The red underlining looks like a fast way to check spelling at first, but it always manages to screw things up somehow.
posted by shelleycat at 3:58 PM on December 4, 2006

Oh, sure, if you're a slave to immutable habits.

Oh, it's not that bad. A more reasonable response would be "Oh, sure, if you're more interested in completing your task in a fixed, estimable amount of time than you are in developing a potentially more efficient workflow after an additional time investment."
posted by cortex at 4:00 PM on December 4, 2006

dear cortex,
eat flaming emacs death, scum!

cordially,
boo radley

C+x C+s
posted by boo_radley at 4:21 PM on December 4, 2006

Remember that Matt added a red-underline spell-checker to Firefox 2.

I'm pretty sure Hotmail changed my Firefox spell checker in some way that causes me to get more spam every time I try to spell "irregardless".
posted by oneirodynia at 4:28 PM on December 4, 2006 [1 favorite]

?posted by wolfdog^MO</sarcasm>ESC:w
posted by Wolfdog at 4:30 PM on December 4, 2006

boo, i was :wq-ing while you were still loading zippy quotes.

Apropos of which: I discovered this odd bit of name space collision while poking around on google for a zingier way to phrase the above. Emacs Zippy, indeed.
posted by cortex at 4:32 PM on December 4, 2006 [1 favorite]

And Wolfdog, one should never, ever let a sense of humor get in the way of a good argument.
posted by cortex at 4:33 PM on December 4, 2006

one should never, ever let a sense of humor get in the way of a good argument.
That's ridiculous.
posted by Wolfdog at 4:35 PM on December 4, 2006 [1 favorite]

Zippy?
posted by shelleycat at 4:36 PM on December 4, 2006

That's ridiculous.

That was uncalled for!
posted by cortex at 4:40 PM on December 4, 2006 [1 favorite]

EditPlus is an awesome text editor, with html functions, and also automatic syntax coloration for html, php, css, C, perl, and a billion other things. It's free, but has a nag screen.
posted by Bugbread at 4:59 PM on December 4, 2006

sciTE :x
posted by 31d1 at 5:42 PM on December 4, 2006

I prefer Crimson Editor. Completely free and no-nag, loads in a second, syntax highlighting, spellcheck, column-mode editing, easy to use interface, macros, programmable command lines for your compilers, choose your format (Mac/Unix/DOS), dovetails nicely with WinSCP.
posted by Roger Dodger at 9:00 AM on December 5, 2006

LOL, you're stuck on windows, with dime-a-dozen shit-for-brains text editors.
posted by blasdelf at 11:58 PM on December 6, 2006