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Problem With Apostrophes

Category: Implemented
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Putting an apostrophe (') in the title of an idea causes it to be preceded by one ot more backslashes (\). And, apparently, using a backslash in the body of an idea causes it to double up.

Steve DeGroof, Nov 04 2003

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Good observation. Somehow this one got by us on the initial development effort, but it has now been fixed!

david, Nov 14 2003