[pmwiki-users] Disappearing backslashes?

[Petko Yotov]

Are you using a recent PmWiki version? I cannot reproduce the problem on 
pmwiki.org. Do you have some recipes that might modify the markup rules, 
or ReplaceOnEdit rules?

Petko

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On 2016-01-26 17:17, Steve Glover wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> A colleague is trying to include an example command line in a page, 
> thus:
> 
> [@
>  openssl pkcs12 -export -in certificate.crt -inkey private.key
> -certfile int.pem -out certificate.pkcs12
> @]
> 
> Unfortunately, the command is too long to display without running off
> the right-hand side of the allowable text area.
> 
> The traditional way to break such a line, and indicate to the reader
> that the linebreak is not meant to be there is to finish the first
> line with a backslash, thus:
> 
> [@
> openssl pkcs12 -export -in certificate.crt -inkey private.key \
>  -certfile int.pem -out certificate.pkcs12
> @]
> 
> However, if you try this, not only does the backslash not render, but
> returning to the edit window reveals it has actually disappeared from
> the page text.
> 
> Doubling the backslash works, sort of, but the next time the page is
> saved, it disappears again, leaving a single backslash in the text,
> which then disappears on the next edit....
> 
> I suggested using \, but the [@ ... @] stops that from rendering.
> 
> I did manage to find a previous example in the mailing list
> 
> http://pmichaud.com/pipermail/pmwiki-users/2007-April/041255.html
> 
> but the fixes there don't work. I'm guessing that part of PmWiki or
> PHP has changed since then.
> 
> Any ideas, please?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Steve