• kdevel (10/21) Nov 27 2022 Don't know since when but when I click at reply on the post
• ryuukk_ (4/4) Nov 27 2022 That should be relatively easy to fix
• rikki cattermole (3/4) Nov 27 2022 Not a forum, but yes.
• ryuukk_ (3/7) Nov 28 2022 Thanks, time to undust my old web skills
• Mike Parker (3/5) Nov 27 2022 For future reference, there's a link at the bottom of every forum
• cc (8/17) Nov 28 2022 Had a similar but different problem with quotes, this doesn't
• Tejas (7/30) Nov 28 2022 ```
• Vladimir Panteleev (4/17) Nov 28 2022 Yes, this is just CommonMark being weird. GitHub does the same
• Vladimir Panteleev (8/13) Nov 28 2022 The forum is behaving correctly, Ali's post is just weird. Click

kdevel <kdevel vogtner.de> writes:

Don't know since when but when I click at reply on the post

https://forum.dlang.org/post/tlt15t$tov$1 digitalmars.com

the quotes look like

 I would like to know if there is a representation of that

 ominous
 "invalid state" in terms of bits and bytes. Well, it doesn't

 have to.

instead of

 I would like to know if there is a representation of that 
 ominous "invalid state" in terms of bits and bytes. Well, it 
 doesn't have to.


or

 I would like to know if there is a representation of that 
 ominous
 "invalid state" in terms of bits and bytes. Well, it doesn't 
 have to.


It seems that the reply function cannot correctly group lines of 
quotes into paragraphs. Reminds me of the famous format=flowed 
issues [1] (trailing space on a line means: join the line with 
the next one.)

[1] https://joeclark.org/ffaq.html

ryuukk_ <ryuukk.dev gmail.com> writes:

That should be relatively easy to fix

Is the forum open source?

I also wish quotes were better displayed, it is easy to miss a 
non-quote message in between quotes..

rikki cattermole <rikki cattermole.co.nz> writes:

On 28/11/2022 10:23 AM, ryuukk_ wrote:
 Is the forum open source?

Not a forum, but yes.

https://github.com/CyberShadow/DFeed

ryuukk_ <ryuukk.dev gmail.com> writes:

On Sunday, 27 November 2022 at 21:33:05 UTC, rikki cattermole 
wrote:
 On 28/11/2022 10:23 AM, ryuukk_ wrote:
 Is the forum open source?

 Not a forum, but yes.

 https://github.com/CyberShadow/DFeed

Thanks, time to undust my old web skills

Mike Parker <aldacron gmail.com> writes:

On Sunday, 27 November 2022 at 21:23:09 UTC, ryuukk_ wrote:
 That should be relatively easy to fix

 Is the forum open source?

For future reference, there's a link at the bottom of every forum 
page, 'About this forum'.

cc <cc nevernet.com> writes:

On Sunday, 27 November 2022 at 20:25:59 UTC, kdevel wrote:
 Don't know since when but when I click at reply on the post
 https://forum.dlang.org/post/tlt15t$tov$1 digitalmars.com
 the quotes look like

Had a similar but different problem with quotes, this doesn't 
look correct:

```
a said
 b said
 hello

 no, goodbye

```

a said
 b said
 hello

 no, goodbye

![image](https://i.vgy.me/qqj6YA.png)

Tejas <notrealemail gmail.com> writes:

On Monday, 28 November 2022 at 14:11:12 UTC, cc wrote:
 On Sunday, 27 November 2022 at 20:25:59 UTC, kdevel wrote:
 Don't know since when but when I click at reply on the post
 https://forum.dlang.org/post/tlt15t$tov$1 digitalmars.com
 the quotes look like

 Had a similar but different problem with quotes, this doesn't 
 look correct:

 ```
 a said
 b said
 hello

 no, goodbye

 ```

 a said
 b said
 hello

 no, goodbye

 ![image](https://i.vgy.me/qqj6YA.png)

```
a said

 b said

 hello


 no, goodbye

```

a said

 b said

 hello


 no, goodbye


Newlines help eliminate the error so I suggest using them as a 
stopgap

Vladimir Panteleev <thecybershadow.lists gmail.com> writes:

On Monday, 28 November 2022 at 14:11:12 UTC, cc wrote:
 Had a similar but different problem with quotes, this doesn't 
 look correct:

 ```
 a said
 b said
 hello

 no, goodbye

 ```

 a said
 b said
 hello

 no, goodbye

 ![image](https://i.vgy.me/qqj6YA.png)

Yes, this is just CommonMark being weird. GitHub does the same 
thing:

https://github.com/CyberShadow/Test2/issues/2

Vladimir Panteleev <thecybershadow.lists gmail.com> writes:

On Sunday, 27 November 2022 at 20:25:59 UTC, kdevel wrote:
 It seems that the reply function cannot correctly group lines 
 of quotes into paragraphs. Reminds me of the famous 
 format=flowed issues [1] (trailing space on a line means: join 
 the line with the next one.)

 [1] https://joeclark.org/ffaq.html

The forum is behaving correctly, Ali's post is just weird. Click 
"View source" and notice that the quoted lines are space-stuffed. 
This syntax tells user-agents that the > character should be 
handled verbatim, and not as a quote indicator.

I think Thunderbird makes it easy to do this accidentally by 
copying and pasting text. It has a separate "Paste as quotation" 
action to paste proper quoted text.