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timm

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From: Wisconsin

Registered: 2004-02-25

Posts: 417

How do I put a square bracket i square bracket into the forum?

I have a post where there is the above in the information I need to present; the only way I can figure out to put it in is to put quotation marks on either side of the square brackets, but that appears in the final post.  How do I seamlessly put in a square bracket i square bracket so it shows up correctly?  Just normally, I get an error about a lack of a closing square bracket /i square bracket.

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: How do I put a square bracket i square bracket into the forum?

You can add spaces like this [ i ] - it's a tag https://bbs.archlinux.org/help.php#bbcode so it's a "forbidden" combination. We don't have the equivalents of <nowiki></nowiki> tags on the forums.
Using [ code ] tags is another way:

[i]

Last edited by karol (2011-10-10 13:47:23)

thisoldman

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From: Pittsburgh

Registered: 2009-04-25

Posts: 1,172

Re: How do I put a square bracket i square bracket into the forum?

Try inserting an invisible comma. From the keyboard type left bracket, then Ctrl+Shift+U, then 2, 0 , 6, 3 and then Enter.  Finally type 'i' and right bracket.  I can't do it here; I'm at work on a Windows machine.

You can also use an app like gucharmap to copy and paste the invisible comma.

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: How do I put a square bracket i square bracket into the forum?

Try inserting an invisible comma. From the keyboard type left bracket, then Ctrl+Shift+U, then 2, 0 , 6, 3 and then Enter.  Finally type 'i' and right bracket.  I can't do it here; I'm at work on a Windows machine.

[⁣i] <- works :-)

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: How do I put a square bracket i square bracket into the forum?

@timm
Is it working for you? If so, please mark the thread as solved.