Writing Bug-Free Code
Posted in Advice, Code
First dog watch, 2 bells (5:08 pm)

I had a cow-orker explain this to me, and I never thought it would actually be this simple:

Writing bug-free code is simply a matter of getting all the letters in the right order.

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Ellipsis and Daggers
Posted in Code
Forenoon watch, 6 bells (11:11 am)

I added some editing tools to the admin post page in WordPress. I like to use the em dash and now and then I want an ellipsis, so I added shortcut buttons to auto-insert them. I thought if I had the dagger code, I may use it in the future, so I added it, too. Here’s the code you need (add it to /wp-includes/js/quicktags.js):

edButtons[edButtons.length] =
new edButton('ed_emdash'
,'emdash'
,'—'
,''
,'h'
);

edButtons[edButtons.length] =
new edButton('ed_ellipsis'
,'ellipsis'
,'…'
,''
,'e'
);

edButtons[edButtons.length] =
new edButton('ed_dagger'
,'dagger'
,'†'
,''
,'g'
);

Forgive the formatting, I used their style to preserve the overall appearance of the code. I never start a line of code with a comma. I would compress that button code to take either one or two lines. I would certainly attempt to keep the entire new call on one line.

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Calendar Issues Fixed
Posted in General
Forenoon watch, 6 bells (11:03 am)

Well, that wasn’t too hard. I fixed the calendar problem I spotted last night. This theme’s shaping up to be pretty nice.

Now if I could just get a real graphics person to make me some better post icons…

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