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   Lew Pitcher to bad sector   
   Re: Punctutation is NOT to be translated   
   15 Feb 25 15:55:17   
   
   From: lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca   
      
   On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 10:48:12 -0500, bad sector wrote:   
      
   > On 1/22/25 08:06, bad sector wrote:   
   >>   
   >> I try to include quotes (") in a text uploaded to a web page hosting   
   >> server but only the operator can do the upload. What I give the operator   
   >> is a plain-text file made with kate or nedit but every quote ends up   
   >> being a fucking « or a ». Is there any way I can fool that (non) system   
   >> to produce quotation marks?   
      
   Perhaps, before you send the text to "the operator", you can change all   
   the doublequotes to the HTML " escape sequence   
     sed 's/"/"/g' input_file >file_to_be_sent_to_ISP   
      
   > Anyone know what software exactly is the   
   >> source of this (non) programming puke? Is this covered in web standards   
   >> that the operator/owner/codepuncher should comply with?   
      
   Not a clue.   
      
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