I lost the \'é\' in my name!
 

I got this message when I attempted to update my profile.

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Re: I lost the \'é\' in my name!
 

I suppose you've to type HTML code for your name, for a "é" code is "& e a c u t e ;" -WITHOUT the blanks !!- so itfor your first name type :

A n d r & e a c u t e ; s

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edited : it worked so well that the code was interpreted, rendering post useles !! lool http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[ May 21, 2002, 16:16: Message edited by: PDF ]

Re: I lost the \'é\' in my name!
 

Actually, it's probably not HTML for Andrés, but rather ASCII control characters. If you're not using an "English" keyboard, you'll likely have accents and/or accented characters which don't appear in common English. To avoid forcing folks to jump through hoops to use what to them are standard characters, these'll be directly incorporated [my personal experience with this is the French keyboard (oh, 'tis a dream for writting French!), but I'd imagine Andrés' would be similar]. But you can get these ACCs with a standard keyboard, and I tested these for the name: Alt-130 or Alt-0233. Neither worked. Thus, tho' the effect is the same, it looks like the problem isn't HTML...

Frankly, if I were in Andrés' position, I'd politely inquire if this can be changed (tho' I can think of some technical reasons which might justify this decision). This is, after all, a fairly international board, and 'twould be nice if'in folks could use their own (properly accented) names...

E. Albright

[Edit: D'oh! I just noticed your location, PDF! Sorry if I sounded pedantic; I figured I was lecturing another Yank!]

[ May 21, 2002, 16:37: Message edited by: E. Albright ]

Re: I lost the \'é\' in my name!
 

Ok, bonjour mon ami E.Albright (something to do with Madeleine ? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif )
I tried changing my sig to put an é (this one is on my keyboard http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif ), nothing to do, with or without html ...
The good path is the Last sentence of the message "admin may have restricted high bit characters".
I think it was not reset properly when the board crashed Last week.

Geo ? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Re: I lost the \'é\' in my name!
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Are you talking to me? If so I know nothing about the UBB code, and don't have access to it if I did. I am not an employee of Shrapnel, merely a fan that Richard asked to help moderate the SEIV forum. (But even that appears to have been taken away in the recent upgrade. Not that I mind. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif )

Probably need to ask Richard about the non-english character support.

Geoschmo

Re: I lost the \'é\' in my name!
 

It dosen't seem to be a problem for me.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You just have to replace the "é" with "& eacute" whenever you update your profile.

I have to do a similar thing with my sig in order to maintain the angle-brackets around all my links. If I don't replace them all with "& lt" or "& gt" then they are treated as bad HTML tags.

Re: I lost the \'é\' in my name!
 

Thaks Suicide Junkié
I hadn't try the html code, because I though the error message suggested it wouldn't work, and and I thought E.Albright said he had tried.

Re: I lost the \'é\' in my name!
 

That is a pretty generic error message http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

And when you have to use the extended Version of a character, it can really push the length limit on the names.
It seems like the profile only rejects the high-bit Version of the é, and not the HTML Version.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Alright, who stole my original P.D. name while I had it changed?!?

Arghh. I think it might be me. Some of my old Posts still show as my original name. This could be bad.
I hope I don't have to bug Richard about this http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

[ May 22, 2002, 04:20: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie. ]

Re: I lost the \'é\' in my name!
 

What name are you talking about SJ?

Re: I lost the \'é\' in my name!
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ahem. That would be SJ., thank you. Or at least if I'm understanding Suicide Junkie. properly...

E. Albright

Re: I lost the \'é\' in my name!
 

So like uhh, I got a Q... You can't use Alt whatevernumberstomakefancyletters, such as "§" on the display name? If that's the case that stinks as I was gonna find all the letters to my name "Ragnarok" and put them on there. But oh well, I'll live I suppose, I'll see if I can find the HTML code as well. So it might just work after all. Thanks

Re: I lost the \'é\' in my name!
 

I want my display name to be "Suicide Junkie"
That's what it was before this whole mess.

Since the forum isn't letting me change it back to that, "Suicide Junkie." is the closest I can get (for now).

Re: I lost the \'é\' in my name!
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Andr&eacute;s, from here your nick appears as Andr&eacutes... I think you have to put a ";" before the Last "s"...

I wonder what will be displayed now: àèéìòù°çÈ... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[ May 23, 2002, 00:14: Message edited by: Lisif Deoral ]

Re: I lost the \'é\' in my name!
 

Sorry Lisif,
The ; seems to be an ilegal character I got the name rejected if I include it.
But, at least in my system, the resulting char seems to show correctly without it.
I can't even see what you're posting is wrong.
I asume you must see something like this: Andr&amp;eacutes
I don't know but it may be related with your browser.

Re: I lost the \'é\' in my name!
 

I can see the "é" too. Must be your browser Lisif.

Re: I lost the \'é\' in my name!
 

Hey, Andrés,
Now that you'd recovered your name, can you resume work on SciFi Crossover mod ? Any progress ? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Re: I lost the \'é\' in my name!
 

Yep, it's my browser... (Mozilla 1.0.0+ RC2)
IE shows it correctly.