[wp-testers] Change of behaviour of smilie translations and WP-Grins

[Gene Steinberg]

On 1/16/07 1:02 PM, "Les Bessant" <les at lcb.me.uk> wrote:

> Found this behaviour with the betas (it may precede them, but I didn't look
> too closely before).
> 
> All posts imported from my live 2.0.x installation into a test site using
> 2.1.
> 
> I have a number of custom smilies, all defined in wp-config.php. As I often
> string several together, not all their translations have spaces in. In fact,
> hardly any do. Most are of the form ':rant:' with the surrounding colons
> being enough to ensure they are only translated when I want them to.
> 
> This all works as expected in 2.0.x.
> 
> In 2.1, I find that translation does not happen unless there are spaces
> around the string to be translated. So a smiley at the beginning of a
> comment tends not to be translated, two in a row don't get translated, and
> those inserted straight after words or punctuation don't get translated.
> 
> I found this: http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2444 in trac - I'm not a
> coder, so I have little chance of working out what it means, but it looks
> like it might be related.
> 
> Is this behaviour expected[1] or is it something that can be changed
> 
> And on the subject of smilies, the traditional way of using WP-Grins
> (http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/smilies/) doesn't seem doable any more.
> I've looked at the code, but don't have any idea where to start with finding
> where to put the call. I did manage to put the function call into a new
> block on the sidebar, but that's not as neat as running them above the post
> form. Suggestions would be useful - I know a lot of people like clickable
> smilies....
> 
> [1] Or "by design" as Microsoft like to say about annoying "features" ;-)
> 
> 
> 
> Les Bessant les at lcb.me.uk
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> 
> 
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I am a newcomer here, so this may have been addressed.

I'm wondering if a list is being kept of plug-ins that are compatible/not
compatible so folks who want to update won't find all the stuff they've
configured go out the window.

Peace,
Gene Steinberg