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usonian

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2. I've had all kinds of weird things happen.
Thu Feb 1, 2024, 04:30 PM
Feb 2024

Worst one is when the network hangs up while I am previewing, it asks me to go back and repost the form and the text vanishes. Sometimes, it is still there.

I do recall typing in some "special to HTML" characters and not seeing stuff in the preview. I do hope that when this happens, the text is still in that big text box, despite vanishing in the preview or post. ( in Preview mode, look for it at the bottom. After a post, "go back" )

Worst goof ( on phone ) is when I punch the wrong button, (with my fat fingers) go somewhere completely different, and lose my typing.

My solution, which only works on desktops is called the GhostText browser extension. As I type (I just invoked it) the text I am typing appears in my text editor of choice (in my case SublimeText) and vice versa.

It's for experienced computer users to install and get working, so I am not going into any detail, but the neat thing is that the text is saved "forever" in the text editor.


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