In Safari, I want to comment out some html code for a website. When I type --> it will always get replaced with an arrow. Obviously the code will not work this way.
I have already de-selected automatic text replacement but it still gets replaced.
How can I do that?
Does the commented code turn gray despite you seeing the solid closing comment characters? If it does, then it is the --> but visually presented otherwise. If it doesn't, you might consider editing the website code in a smart HTML-aware editor instead of Safari.
VikingOSX wrote:
It sounds to me as though the content management system is mangling the --> character sequence. I have some war stories about older Drupal editor sessions.
That might be the most plausable explanation. It's a custom text field in Views, although as plain text. I can't figure out the root cause for certain.
For now, I'll remove that part and save it as a snippet instead of commenting it out. (I'll just have to remember next time working on it... :D )
I knew what you meant about the replacement menu.
It sounds to me as though the content management system is mangling the --> character sequence. I have some war stories about older Drupal editor sessions.
I know that the FiraCode font will collapse HTML comment dashes into a contiguous em-dash but that does not interfere with the comment functionality.
Or, you have an extension added to Safari that may be impacting this text string. Beyond these, I am out of suggestions.
Thanks. It's not visually, the code does not work witht the replacement. It is in a cms so I can't use a different editor. If I paste it in from a text editor, it will also get replaced.
The replacement sub-menu in Safari is greyed out.
How can I turn off automatic text replacement?
