[wp-testers] Slashes being stripped from CSS escaped characters

[Dion Hulse (dd32)]

Thanks for confirming

I can't duplicate it though.. It could be a plugin conflict though,
something is causing an extra stripslashes() to be run on the content.
It could even be Javascript in the browser from a plugin, although there
isn't many that would cause it.
I'd be interested if you could duplicate it on a clean installation..

On 22 September 2012 12:52, Brent Logan <gbrentlogan at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm using the theme editor that is accessed by clicking or hovering
> over Appearance and then clicking Edit. I'm not using Jetpacks CSS
> editor.
>
> I used FTP + and editor to replace all the slashes, saved the CSS
> file, and confirmed proper appearance on my blog. Then I returned to
> the theme editor to look at the CSS file, and they don't appear. I
> believe the slashes are being stripped when the file is opened and
> displayed by editor and then saving the file completes their deletion.
>
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 7:26 PM, Dion Hulse (dd32) <wordpress at dd32.id.au>
> wrote:
> > WordPress's Theme editor seems to work as expected, but the Jetpack
> Custom
> > CSS editor seems to show the problem.
> >
> > Can you confirm which one you're using? (Hint: WordPress editor is
> > 'Editor', Jetpack is 'Edit CSS')
> >
> > On 22 September 2012 12:14, Brent Logan <gbrentlogan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I'm not sure when the change took place, but editing a CSS file using
> >> the theme editor strips the slashes from CSS escaped characters.
> >>
> >> For example:
> >>
> >> .next-comment-link a:before{content:"\2190"}
> >>
> >> loses the \ before 2190.
> >>
> >> It does make the blog look a little funny. I guess that's one way to
> >> stop people from using the theme editor. ;-)
> >>
> >> -Brent
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