24 Feb 08
I sent an analysis to someone in PM which included the following parenthetical note:
(21...Qxa2?? 22.Qc6+ Kd8 23.Bc7+ Kc8 24.Bb6+ Kb8 25.Qc7 mate)
except that I used a pound-sign to indicate mate, and the RHP editor automatically turned the pound/right-parenthesis combination into a goofy emoticon.
Please fix the editor so that this sort of automatic substitution cannot occur.
24 Feb 08
Originally posted by Mark AdkinsDear Mark Adkins
I sent an analysis to someone in PM which included the following parenthetical note:
(21...Qxa2?? 22.Qc6+ Kd8 23.Bc7+ Kc8 24.Bb6+ Kb8 25.Qc7 mate)
except that I used a pound-sign to indicate mate, and the RHP editor automatically turned the pound/right-parenthesis combination into a goofy emoticon.
Please fix the editor so that this sort of automatic substitution cannot occur.
Thank you for pointing this bug out to us. Rest assured we will deal with it forthwith.
thank you for you feedback
ps. Why did you use the pound sign to indicate mate?
24 Feb 08
Originally posted by Dr StrangeloveI expect he means the traditional # sign normally used to indicate mate, which is - for reasons I do not quite understand - known as the "pound sign" in the US, rather than the actual £ sign which we would recognise in the UK.
ps. Why did you use the pound sign to indicate mate?
24 Feb 08
Originally posted by MissOleumThis poem wouldn't rhyme if you call the hash "pound":
Australians call it a "hash" symbol.
Yet another word meaning different things in different countries.
< > ! * ' ' #
^ " ` $ $ -
! * = @ $ _
% * < > ~ # 4
& [ ] . . /
| { , , SYSTEM HALTED
Those auto-smileys are quite annoying. They also sometimes appear in URLs.
24 Feb 08
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Originally posted by mrmistIn the US we use the dollar as our monetary unit, so the pound sign "#" is not being used to refer to a monetary unit but is referring to weight. For example, if something weights 25 pounds, you could write it as 25#. I'm not sure it's used all that much as a substitute for "pounds".
I expect he means the traditional # sign normally used to indicate mate, which is - for reasons I do not quite understand - known as the "pound sign" in the US, rather than the actual £ sign which we would recognise in the UK.
At least I don't see it in use that much, but then I live a sheltered life.
edit) And speaking of words having different meanings, we haven't even heard what that particular symbol means to the musical community.
24 Feb 08
Originally posted by mwmillerThe pound sign is £. # this is the hash key.
In the US we use the dollar as our monetary unit, so the pound sign "#" is not being used to refer to a monetary unit but is referring to weight. For example, if something weights 25 pounds, you could write it as 25#. I'm not sure it's used all that much as a substitute for "pounds".
At least I don't see it in use that much, but then I live a shelter ...[text shortened]... nings, we haven't even heard what that particular symbol means to the musical community.
24 Feb 08
1 edit
Originally posted by Mark Adkins(21...Qxa2?? 22.Qc6+ Kd8 23.Bc7+ Kc8 24.Bb6+ Kb8 25.Qc7# )
I sent an analysis to someone in PM which included the following parenthetical note:
(21...Qxa2?? 22.Qc6+ Kd8 23.Bc7+ Kc8 24.Bb6+ Kb8 25.Qc7 mate)
except that I used a pound-sign to indicate mate, and the RHP editor automatically turned the pound/right-parenthesis combination into a goofy emoticon.
Please fix the editor so that this sort of automatic substitution cannot occur.
It's annoying, but a space fixes these problems.
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