issue with quotes and angular brackets inside [code language="csharp"]

victorcherniavsky · Member · Mar 30, 2015 at 1:29 am
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Hi,

I am posting C# code in my blog and several times my ” and < > symbols are suddenly converted back into escape sequences such as " and &gt. I am changing them back to ” and < >, they stay correct for some time but eventually become corrupted again.
See for example https://victorscode.wordpress.com/2015/03/29/sqlbase-11-and-c-admin-utility/
Please help.

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kokkieh · Staff · Mar 30, 2015 at 12:34 pm
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Hi there. I’ve tagged this thread for staff to follow up. Please subscribe to the thread so you are notified when they respond and be patient while waiting.

Just in case it’s perhaps a factor, please let us know whether you’re using the new Beep Beep Boop editor or the classic WP-Admin editor, and whether you’re adding your code in the text/html or visual view of the editor.
victorcherniavsky · Member · Mar 30, 2015 at 12:42 pm
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Thank you for your reply. I am using BBBoop editor. I am trying to use Visual View. At some point I thought that switching to HTML view breaks my code snippets. So after correcting my snippets last time I was purposely using only visual view. Yet at some point my quotes and brackets broke again. Lats change I deed was inserting a link from the visual view toolbar, maybe that broke code snippets, but I can not confirm that it happen right after that edit. :-(
galois · Member · Mar 30, 2015 at 12:47 pm
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Thank you for your reply. I am using BBBoop editor.

Use the old/classic editor.
kokkieh · Staff · Mar 30, 2015 at 12:48 pm
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Thanks for the extra info. While you’re waiting for staff to answer, perhaps check whether you have the same problem if you use the classic editor. You can find it by going to the WP-Admin dashboard and clicking on Posts ->Add New/All Posts
kokkieh · Staff · Mar 30, 2015 at 12:48 pm
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@galois
SNAP! ;-)
galois · Member · Mar 30, 2015 at 12:54 pm
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@kokkieh: LOL xD
victorcherniavsky · Member · Mar 30, 2015 at 1:11 pm
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I corrected my snippets using classic editor. All snippets has been posted correctly so far.
Thanks!

P.S. By the way, I like much bigger edit window in classic editor.
galois · Member · Mar 30, 2015 at 1:50 pm
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By the way, I like much bigger edit window in classic editor.

Me too.
The main thread about the fail new BBBoop editor vs the classic is here:
https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/please-reinstate-the-option-of-choice-to-use-the-old-publishing-format?replies=819

And there is a poll/petition about the “new” & classic editor here:
http://globalintelligence.tumblr.com/post/114801733466/wordpress-classic-vs-new-editor-vote
victorcherniavsky · Member · Mar 30, 2015 at 3:44 pm
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Thank you for your help and references !!!
galois · Member · Mar 30, 2015 at 4:51 pm
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You’re welcome & best wishes. :)
rachelmcr · Member · Mar 31, 2015 at 11:12 am
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Hi there,

Sorry for the trouble! This issue with the source code shortcode has been reported to our team, but we don’t have a solution for it in the new editor at this stage. As galois and kokkieh have mentioned, you can continue to use the classic editor to work with source code in the meantime. :)
victorcherniavsky · Member · Mar 31, 2015 at 11:14 am
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No problem! I am glad there is a workaround. Good luck fixing this bug.
Thanks for your help.
rachelmcr · Member · Aug 21, 2015 at 9:43 am
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Hi there,

Thanks for your patience with this! Our team just launched a fix so that code you put inside the source code shortcode won’t be escaped as HTML entities anymore, in either editor. If you have any further trouble with it, please let me know.
victorcherniavsky · Member · Aug 21, 2015 at 10:44 am
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Great, thanks!

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