Capitalization within angled brackets in code blocks are lost

  • I began using MoSI in my blog but began seeing some strange behavior.

    I occasionally include Unity3D C# example code, which is a language that uses angled brackets for referring to classes when using generics, eg:


    TestClass tc = GetComponent<TestClass>();

    Just in case the line above doesn’t show up properly in this comments section, it’s
    TestClass tc = GetComponent LESS_THAN TestClass GREATER_THAN ();
    please do the character replacement in your head ??

    MoSI does retain the angled brackets when saving, but turns everything contained within the brackets into lowercase. In the example it would make TestClass into testclass.

    As C# class names are case-sensitive, this breaks the functionality of the code blocks. Have I stumbled onto a previously unknown bug or is it my environment? Help appreciated.

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  • Thread Starter Needle0

    (@needle0)

    Sorry, forgot to mention an important detail. I use the three tilde syntax (~~~) to open and close the code blocks. Thanks.

    Thread Starter Needle0

    (@needle0)

    Same thing happens with the “4 spaces or 1 tab at beginning of line” syntax.

    Thread Starter Needle0

    (@needle0)

    This is even true with the Markdown functionality in Jetpack.

    Plugin Author Matt Wiebe

    (@mattwiebe)

    Can you publish the original text and converted text on pastebin? Is this on a Multisite blog?

    Thread Starter Needle0

    (@needle0)

    I use plain WordPress, not multisite. I made a test page:
    https://www.heistak.com/mosi-test/

    What I originally typed into as Markdown looked like this:
    https://pastebin.com/WQu9z2gy

    The rendered HTML looks like this:
    https://pastebin.com/tXmbXVf6

    Finally, when I go back to the post editor, the Markdown source has changed into this:
    https://pastebin.com/i8qeyQy8

    FYI, I also tried pasting the same Markdown source into a WordPress.com hosted blog. This one behaves slightly differently, removing the angled-brackets section entirely.
    https://needle0.wordpress.com/2014/01/28/test-post/

    Thread Starter Needle0

    (@needle0)

    I experimented some more. Experiencing some truly bizarre stuff.

    A)
    On my main blog, I kept disabling plugins one by one, until MoSI was the only plugin left enabled. I pasted, previewed and re-saved the post with the markdown source every time, and the post rendered incorrectly every time.

    B)
    I installed a new WordPress instance on my local Mac and tried the same markdown source with MoSI. The brackets rendered correctly!
    I then kept adding plugins to the installation to match my main blog’s plugin setup. I again pasted, previewed and re-saved the post every time, and the post rendered correctly every time.

    About the only other thing I can think of is that the MySQL database encoding for my main blog is set to EUC-JP instead of UTF-8. (I can’t immediately experiment with this one since my webhost only allows one database.)

    Thread Starter Needle0

    (@needle0)

    In the process of experimenting even more, I accidentally blew away all my database tables and had to spend some time recovering from a backup. I took the opportunity to recreate the database in UTF-8 this time, and somehow the capitalization problem seems to have gone away. It could’ve been the encoding, or perhaps just cruft that accumulated in my years-old WP database… but I’m not complaining ??

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