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updated 2014-01-13 17:09:43 -0600

Removing HTML escapes from code

Consider the following tiniest snippet of code

a < b

I typed this using a simple "less than" sign but on my askbot.com based AskBot, that less than sign is rendered as an < -i.e., it's been replaced by it's HTML escape code.

There clearly must be a way to avoid this - somewhere in the settings menus, as this doesn't happen on this site, but I can't seem to find it. Any advice?

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Mark McClure

updated 2014-01-13 17:08:22 -0600

Removing HTML escapes from code

Consider the following tiniest snippet of code

a < b

I typed this using a simple "less than" sign but on my askbot.com based AskBot, that less than sign is rendered as an < -i.e., it's been replaced by it's HTML escape code.

There clearly must be Is there a way to avoid ~~this - somewhere in the settings menus, as this doesn't happen on this site, but I can't seem to find it. Any advice?~~this?

Revision 1

Mark McClure

asked 2014-01-13 17:05:42 -0600

Removing HTML escapes from code

Consider the following tiniest snippet of code

a < b

I typed this using a simple "less than" sign but on my askbot.com based AskBot, that less than sign is rendered as an ~~<~~ < -i.e., it's been replaced by it's HTML escape code. Is there a way to avoid this?