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Bug 19175 - Pipe breaks ?action=formedit Content section (even in <pre>)
Summary: Pipe breaks ?action=formedit Content section (even in <pre>)
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: webplatform.org
Classification: Unclassified
Component: infrastructure (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Doug Schepers
QA Contact: public-webplatform-bugs list
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Reported: 2012-10-01 20:39 UTC by Eric Bidelman
Modified: 2012-10-03 04:58 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Eric Bidelman 2012-10-01 20:39:28 UTC 
According to http://docs.webplatform.org/wiki/WPD:Manual_Of_Style/Gotchas#Pre_sections_with_pipe_characters, pipes should be ignored in <pre> tags.

In a tutorial, I have:

<pre>self.requestFileSystemSync = self.webkitRequestFileSystemSync ||
                             self.requestFileSystemSync;
</pre>

The page renders fine, but when I go back in to edit (?action=formedit), everything in
the Content section  below the "<pre>self.requestFileSystemSync = self.webkitRequestFileSystemSync ||"
is lost.
Comment 1 Eric Bidelman 2012-10-01 21:40:44 UTC 
Definitely just seems to be a problem in ?action=formedit mode.
Comment 2 Alex Komoroske 2012-10-01 21:51:54 UTC 
Interesting. We've asked a semantic forms expert.
Comment 3 Eric Bidelman 2012-10-03 04:58:23 UTC 
The workaround for now is to use ascii &#124; for pipes in <pre>.