I'll note the old D colon one. Here it is...
:D
or
if you don't insert something to escape the smiley's wrath.
Bob
Using smiley faces in chat forums, such as SE is acceptable, but definitely hurting in the Help type Forums here.
We've run into a small problem with the coding in the Help Forums......when I (or anybody else) types in C: or D: type information referencing drive letters when we are trying to help people, we deliberately have to put spaces or something in between what we type in order to stop the forum from showing smiley faces instead of what we've typed since the software is replacing it automatically. This throws off the directions completely when we have to then add another sentence telling them to remove the spaces. When you are talking about a long string of dos command switches, this can get to be a PITA when we are dealing with newbies who are already confused and it throws our directions right out the window as getting too complicated. How can I override the smiley crap?
So far, I've been able to figure it out and manually make changes, but nearly everything I reply to in the Help Forums has a text or doc file on my harddrive that I can quickly copy and paste as the reply for a fix to a problem. This is getting to be a hassle when I have to proofread every document I use in order to make the changes when drive letters are involved......and almost everything I reply refers to drive letters for the fix.
Is there some way that the smiley faces can be eliminated from the Help Forums and only left in the Feedback or Speakeasy types? Fortunately, the Preview Message page shows up the smiley faces immediately so I can tell what has to be changed/adjusted to by editing before the final post, but we shouldn't have to do this in a Computer Help Forums site.
TONI

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