For general information:
Almost all forum, bulletin board and chatroom software converts certain combinations of text characters into graphic smileys. Usually they use combinations that don't generally appear in printed texts and nobody notices.
But sometimes you do notice
The most common "how did that get there ?" occurrence is the three question marks, the cause of this topic.
... and the second most common occurrence (also the cause of a RootsChat topic) is this one:
If you write a numbered list of things, you will be OK if you have seven or less items in your list.
1) Item 1
2) Item 2
:
to
:
7) Item 7
..... so far, so good - no problems, but when you then type
8 and
) you get
Item 8
If it is trivial, then just type 8, then a space, and then the bracket:
8 ) Item 8
Or....But, as I said, it hasn't always been trivial.
Should you ever be in this position, then click on the link supplied by Arranroots, and scroll down the page a bit.
You will see that there is an option
[ x ] Don't use smileysThis applies only to individual replies; it is not a global option for all messages.
Hope this helps,
Bob
