:( Smileys everywhere :)

Let's see :

std::pair == std :: pair -- GOOD

Code:

std::pair == std :: pair -- GOOD

HTML:

std::pair == std :: pair -- GOOD

PHP:

std::pair == std :: pair -- GOOD

std :: pair != std::pair -- BAD

So, after my last suggestion; you removed the use of smileys inside all kinds of code tags. But the issue is not fully resolved.

Suggestion :: I don't know if this is possible but can we restrict text -> smiley conversion with the following criteria :
(*) The text say ": p" (I added <space> to disable auto-conversion to smiley), should only be converted to ":p" IF, it is followed by a blank space so as to confirm that it's not the part of a word.

So, ': p' (without space in between) gets converted to :p, but std :: pair (without spaces) does not get converted ('cuz the smiley is not followed by a space after it).

 

Ah but if you're smart you can write :p without getting a smiley...

 

So xpi0t0s, you are not alone :p

The thing is if you "Disable smileys", it affects the whole text, not a portion of it ! I want smileys to be "intelligent". They should appear only where they are required and not in std::pair

 

Thats fine but what about maths. Say, I have to write a ratio q : p ? Then ? It becomes q:p

 

so you mean something like ratio q:p but without disabling smileys :p

 

Now you are trying to achieve it by putting it inside INLINECODE. But why ? That's not code.
What if I want that thing not to be different from from the rest of the text : black and not blue ?

"Plane crash:pilot dead". I want this text to look normal. I don't want to force INLINECODE.

 

Corrected that for you (should be a space after the colon by standard English rules of grammar). Hey, no smiley!

 

Ahhh.. After soooo many days (of research), I found another flaw. Look at this URL:
http://hypothetical.com/Home:products?search=xyz
(Don't click that )

URL inside INLINECODE:
http://hypothetical.com/Home:products?search=xyz

What do you have to say now, xpi0t0s ??!?

We were not discussing grammar here [LOL ]. I was pointing out an example. Anyway, as you didn't accept that, I came up with another .

BTW, which one of these is grammatically correct
(1) standard English rules of grammar [as mentioned by you], or
(2) standard rules of English grammar

 

OK. Let both be correct.:baby:

 

Let both be correct ?!

What does that mean ? Who will let, by the way ?
What's wrong and what's correct are already known to all, sort of predefined.
We can't let anything to be correct, 'cuz we don't define things !

 

I don't know. I just said so just for the fun of it. I don't wish to get involved in any argument.:lipsrseal

 

Ahh, I have finally, after spending a lot of time experimenting here; found a way !!!

Now I can temporarily disable smileys for selected piece(s) of text

TESTS :
This is normally what appears :
std::pair
q:p
Plane Crash :pilot dead
http://hypothetical.com/Home:products?search=xyz

This is what appears now, with my trick:
[noparse]std::pair
q:p
Plane Crash :pilot dead
http://hypothetical.com/Home:products?search=xyz
[/noparse]

I didn't have to disable smileys, nor did I have to add unnecessary code tags.

:hurray: :hurray: :happy: :hurray: :hurray: :happy: :hurray: :hurray:

 

Yes, that's it !!

I was just going through the list, when it did strike to me that noparse might work. And it did !

Please disable smileys inside URL tags, as you disabled them inside code tags.

 

Thanks, SawatPadhi and shabbir. I'll try it when I'm free. Right now, I'm a bit busy.