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usonian

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13. Indeed, many complaints here involve quirks of browser (mis)behavior.

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Reply #12)

Sun Oct 29, 2023, 12:56 PM

Oct 2023

It looks like the table element isn’t supported.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/12561674
Basic HTML on DU

so we seem to be relying on a rendered version of tables (correct me if I got this wrong) and math is unsupported (there was a thread about greek characters not rendering, a bug that’s being worked on)

I do recall in the days before MathML, all equations were pasted as images.

“This ain’t wordpress” so we adapt.
Simple is beautiful (even if it’s a PITA at times)

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Thanks for monospace font. But I still can't make a decent table because 2 or more spaces in a row [View all] progree Oct 2023 OP

Have you tried #ensp; and #emsp; ? sl8 Oct 2023 #1

Thanks for reply. If I have trouble with #nbsp; again, I will try those codes progree Oct 2023 #9

The nbsp hack should work EarlG Oct 2023 #2

Thanks for your reply. But I can't read your HTML code, all I see is a semicolon: progree Oct 2023 #4

Yeah I messed up EarlG Oct 2023 #7

It happens. My section on this issue in Word is part of a long long Word file progree Oct 2023 #10

Here's an example of your table using that technique EarlG Oct 2023 #5

Lovely. Thanks :) /nt progree Oct 2023 #8

One other thing to bear in mind EarlG Oct 2023 #11

May I suggest an ugly hack? Take a screenshot of your table and post it as an image. usonian Oct 2023 #3

Thanks much. I've used IMGUR to post a lot of tables, I'm just hoping not to have to do that progree Oct 2023 #6

+1 (rec) I use this method. discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2023 #12

Indeed, many complaints here involve quirks of browser (mis)behavior. usonian Oct 2023 #13