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

[Brent Logan]

I found the offending plugin: WP Facebook Open Graph protocol. It's
being actively developed, so I would expect this issue to be resolved.

Thanks again!

On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 8:09 PM, Brent Logan <gbrentlogan at gmail.com> wrote:
> You're exactly right! I disabled *all* my plugins, went to the theme
> editor, and the slashes are there. Now to enable them one by one and
> find the offending plugin...
>
> I should have tried this on the default theme with no plugins before
> making a report. Sorry... :-(
>
> But thanks for your help!
>
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Dion Hulse (dd32) <wordpress at dd32.id.au> wrote:
>> 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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