Lessons learned
- Don’t trust online text entry.
- Always compose answers in an external text editor, preferably one that understands the markup used (Atom often is a good choice).
- Post when ready.
- Wonder why every forum software seems to have invented their own markup.
The story
A few weeks ago, while composing an extensive answer on the Scooter Software: Home of Beyond Compare (a tool which – like any development tool – I really love, but sometimes hate): Keyboard handling driving me nuts: how to make it work like BC for Windows, I pressed the “Image” button which:
- Made all the edited text to dim and non-selectable
- Failed an image selection to show
It was more than an hour of work, so I was determined to try obtaining at least the post text.
