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Prairie_Seagull

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2. No to html characters.

Reply to usonian (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 24, 2024, 08:42 PM

Feb 2024

If it is a network hiccup. I can't do shit about that.

Mostly trying to help if DU4 has this bug and wondering if it's something did. I have a clipboard utility that allows for multiple savings of large amounts of text. Next time I will save a long post before posting.

Thanks usonian.

on edit- I did in fact use the less than symbol as in
That was it. I had used < 15 K
Such smart people.

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Just wrote a longish post and [View all] Prairie_Seagull Feb 2024 OP

Sometimes the network hiccups and you lose text. usonian Feb 2024 #1

No to html characters. Prairie_Seagull Feb 2024 #2

The "less than" symbol causes this. To avoid losing my work on long posts... NNadir Feb 2024 #3

Right after noting for you that the "less than" symbol causes this, I failed to copy a post into Word... NNadir Feb 2024 #4

On the desktop, I use the ghosttext extension. usonian Feb 2024 #5

Thanks. That sounds cool. NNadir Feb 2024 #6

Thanks NNadir. Prairie_Seagull Feb 2024 #7