andyashI use Windows Live Writer to write to WP. Every time there is a number 8 and a closing bracket right after it, the result in the blog will be a smiley of a face with sunglasses. I have to put a space between 8 and ) but this looks like I am a casual typist. Could this be changed somehow. Is there a way that this smiley needs that extra dash between 8 and ) to become a smiley?
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Problem with smileys
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Go to Settings > Writing
Uncheck the box that says "Convert emoticons like :-) and :-P to graphics on display" -
Well, I use smileys. But the thing is, whoever is responsible for smileys in WP didn't realise that 8 and ) together can be actually 8 and ) and not 8) smiley.
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Put a space between the 8 and the ).
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I wrote that I have to do this. It solves the smiley problem but results in a strange space between 8 and ), as if some typo or casual typing.
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This 8 + ) thing bugs me too....and for some reason " + ) also inconveniently transmutes into a smiley....yes, we know we can turn smilies off; yes, we know we can leave a space....but only *very improbable* combinations of punctuation should result in smilies: and both 8 + ) ; and " + ) are common usages....it would be handy if these two could be changed, if possible....
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It didn't use to do this. It changed a few months back.
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Got a solution:
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panaghiotisadam: Thank you, I'll try that. Though it means I have to go to code mode in WLW.
doggerelist: I agree that whoever did the smiley thing didn't think well about "normal" results of smiley combinations. -
i had this same problem. panaghiotisadam thanks so much!
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