Can anybody tell me how to ignore smilies in dialogue please. eg i want to write a colon and right angle bracket 
but this is automatically converted to a smilie!
Please try replacing the symbols with html entities i.e. replace < with < and > with >
If you come across any more symbols, or combinations of symbols, that won't display as you would wish, please check the W3Schools HTML 4.01 Entities Reference and HTML 7-BIT ASCII Reference.
If you come across any more symbols, or combinations of symbols, that won't display as you would wish, please check the W3Schools HTML 4.01 Entities Reference and HTML 7-BIT ASCII Reference.
Thank you, but is there no simpler way? this could become quite cumbersome.
Hi Farzana,
I am not aware of a way to disable the smilies through the web interface. However, there is a code hack that seems to work. It will affect the whole Moodle installation.
I make no promises or guarantees about this. Try this at your own risk.
You need to access the weblib.php file under /moodle/lib/
Using an editor, you can look for around line 1469 text that reads:
/// this is the meat of the code - this is run every time
$text = str_replace($e, $img, $text);
Comment out the next line so that it reads:
/// this is the meat of the code - this is run every time
// $text = str_replace($e, $img, $text);
This will disable the smilies that will appear if you use a colon and closing parenthesis. It will not disable the smilies appearing in the HTML editor, so you can still put them in if you want. If you want the function to return, just uncomment out that line.
I am sure there there might be a more elegant way to do this, just an option.
I am not aware of a way to disable the smilies through the web interface. However, there is a code hack that seems to work. It will affect the whole Moodle installation.
I make no promises or guarantees about this. Try this at your own risk.
You need to access the weblib.php file under /moodle/lib/
Using an editor, you can look for around line 1469 text that reads:
/// this is the meat of the code - this is run every time
$text = str_replace($e, $img, $text);
Comment out the next line so that it reads:
/// this is the meat of the code - this is run every time
// $text = str_replace($e, $img, $text);
This will disable the smilies that will appear if you use a colon and closing parenthesis. It will not disable the smilies appearing in the HTML editor, so you can still put them in if you want. If you want the function to return, just uncomment out that line.
I am sure there there might be a more elegant way to do this, just an option.