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Sometimes the "@user.sitename.tld" shortcuts don’t work as expected.
The bugs are slightly different with plain text/HTML vs Markdown. Markdown-coded posts are tagged.
I've tested the issue with all 61 versions of the shortcuts listed here:
https://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse?faqid=87
For simplicity's sake, in this comm I demonstrated the bugs with the four variants of the AO3:
\@user.archiveofourown.org
\@user.archiveofourown
\@user.ao3.org
\@user.ao3
There are four bugs:
ETA: 8 May 2020. This one seems to be fixed!
1. Markdown: When the shortcut is bracketed by backticks for `code` format, the display explodes shortcuts into raw HTML code
2. HTML and Markdown: periods disappear when they directly follow @user.sitename.tld or @user.sitename
(2a. Markdown: workaround! with @user.sitename.tld\. or @user.sitename\. the backslash escape permits the period to display as it should)
3. HTML and Markdown: Shortcut never expands before period for @user.site or @user.abbrev
4. Markdown at the phrase level -- bold, italic -- suppresses shortcut expansion, displaying @user.sitename.tld or its variants![[sticky entry]](//www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/entry/sticky_entry.png)
Sticky: Overview of what's here
Sep. 10th, 2019 03:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jesse_the_k
jesse_the_kYouTube has changed its usernames to include the @-sign
DW correctly displays the YT user head when I type
But that doesn’t link to her channel, which is
https://www.youtube.com/@ElleCordova
To get around this, make the userhead version the anchor to the YT link
or
State of bugs, June 4
Jun. 4th, 2020 09:58 amroadrunnertwiceOK, so after perusing the examples throughout the community alongside their source text, here's what I'm seeing:
- Most of the bugs are fixed.
- The remaining bugs can be summed up as "user mentions before a sentence-ending period usually go bad."
Yeah? (edit: found the problem, PR here.)
That fits with the behavior changes I made recently, which went live in the (april? may?) code push. The current intended behavior for @mentions is:
Enabled for both HTML and Markdown.
NOT enabled when "don't autoformat" is set.
TEMPORARILY DISABLED within the following elements (both Markdown and HTML variants):
- Code spans (
<code>or backticks) - Preformatted blocks (
<pre>; this also catches Markdown indented code blocks, which render to html as<pre><code>...</code></pre>) <textarea>s<raw-code>- embedded tweets (
<blockquotes>that have a special class. kind of a weird exception.)
Errata
- The "bold" examples below don't look like they're working, but that's just because user tag text is already styled with a bold font weight. If you inspect the HTML, you'll see they're properly wrapped in a
<strong>element. - I didn't see any examples of this one yet, but user tags used to act weird inside links, in a variety of ways. Now, we should be using a non-linked variant of the user tag, so it looks right but doesn't break the link:
- markdown with @: some
![[github.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/profile_icons/github.png)
roadrunnertwice link - html with @: some roadrunnertwice link
- html with usertag: some roadrunnertwice link
- markdown with @: some
updated bug 2, HTML version
May. 7th, 2020 04:36 pmjesse_the_kThe @ shortcut explodes when a period follows the username.sitename
If
> input:
Dreamwidth throws error message [ bad username or site: punk @ AO3. ] which includes the final period. Like this:
> The best bug hunter is![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
punk.
Possible workarounds for HTML:
- precede the period with a zero-width-space character ref: the best bug hunter ispunk.
- replace the period with the period character ref: the best bug hunter ispunk.
- give up and use the old HTML format: <user name=runpunkrun>runpunkrun
Pre-push workaround was to add backslash before period, which no longer works
> the period is escaped by a backslash: the best bug hunter ispunk\.
****
When the full TLD is included, user head displays correctly BUT it still swallows the period. Other punctuation is no problem.
If
@username.sitename appears at the end of a sentence, like > input:
The best bug hunter is @punk.ao3. Dreamwidth throws error message [ bad username or site: punk @ AO3. ] which includes the final period. Like this:
> The best bug hunter is
Possible workarounds for HTML:
- precede the period with a zero-width-space character ref: the best bug hunter is
- replace the period with the period character ref: the best bug hunter is
- give up and use the old HTML format: <user name=runpunkrun>
runpunkrunPre-push workaround was to add backslash before period, which no longer works
> the period is escaped by a backslash: the best bug hunter is
****
When the full TLD is included, user head displays correctly BUT it still swallows the period. Other punctuation is no problem.
The best bug hunter is
Also known as actually
That would berunpunkrun.
Used to be
Why do you readjesse_the_k's terrible. She never tweets at
Updates to bug 2 after Apr 2020 code push
May. 7th, 2020 04:19 pmjesse_the_kThe @ shortcut explodes when a period follows the username.sitename
If @username.sitename appears at the end of a sentence, like
input: The best bug hunter is
@punk.ao3.
Dreamwidth fails to expand, showing the error message [ bad username or site: punk @ AO3 ] and swallowing the period. Like this:
unescaped text, throws error that includes the period: The best bug hunter is
(I formatted the input sample by surrounding the at-sign with backticks.)
Current workaround:
only the period is escaped inside backticks: the best bug hunter is
.
Prepush workaround was to add backslash before period, which no longer works
the period is escaped by a backslash: the best bug hunter is
When the full TLD is included, user head displays correctly BUT it still swallows the period.
The best bug hunter is
Also known as actually
That would be
Used to be
Other contacting punctuation doesn't trigger the bug
Why do you read
jesse_the_kAs of 8 May 2020, this bug seems to be fixed! HOORAY
markdown CODE format explodes shortcuts into visible HTML code
code follows @user.archiveofourown.org
@user.archiveofourown.org end of code
code @user.archiveofourown.org
@user.archiveofourown.org code
code @user.archiveofourown.org
@user.archiveofourown.org code
Code block
@user.archiveofourown.org block
block @user.archiveofourown.org
@user.archiveofourown.org block
block @user.archiveofourown.org
Code inside structure
- code follows
@user.archiveofourown.org @user.archiveofourown.orgend of code- code follows
@user.archiveofourown.org @user.archiveofourown.orgend of code
jesse_the_kPeriods that follow user or [Bad username or site: user @ sitename] disappear
In two cases a following period disappears
- fully qualified with user.sitename.tld
- when tld is assumed user.sitename
user.sitename.tld
- period
- backslash period
- paren (
- hyphen -[Bad username or site: user @ archiveofourown.org-]
- bang
- question
- slash period
- backslash period
user.abbrev.tld
- period
- backslash period
- paren (
- hyphen -[Bad username or site: user @ ao3.org-]
- bang
- question
- slash period
- backslash period
Only in Markdown, backslash before period escapes the error
jesse_the_kShortcut doesn’t expand for user.site or user.abbrev
In two cases the period appears BUT the shortcut prints in body font instead of expanding
- abbreviation with tld user.abbrev.tld
- just abbreviation user.abbrev
ESCAPING THE PERIOD WITH BACKSLASH makes it print ONLY IN MARKDOWN not in text/html
( live samples )
jesse_the_kPhrase-level format displays but shortcut doesn't expand
italic user
user italic
bold user
user bold
Structural Markdown format works
user h4
h4 user
Bullets
Numbers
Blockquote
quote
quote
Format Fails Even within Structure
Four h4s follow:
