Backspace Issue

I have been trying to look into this issue for at least three weeks, so please bear with me if should have posted this in another forum.
I connected my mac keyboard/mouse into a KVM switch so I can switch between my Mac laptop and custom tower when I need. Just recently, the regular delete key doesn't delete as the "backspace" key would. I have a 'Delete' and 'Forward Delete' key, but both erase in the same direction. I don't have this problem when I don't use my external keyboard, or when I switch to my tower with the same keyboard. It only happens with my Mac. Any suggestions?

I have experienced the same with other Xperias, its not your phone its the website itself, as you can see at the bottom of this page its powered by Lithium, that's something they have to address. 
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    Firmware Version: 3.03
    User Capacity: 250,058,268,160 bytes
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    Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
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    Self-test supported.
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    3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 099 098 000 Pre-fail Always - 0
    4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 163
    5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 0
    7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 088 060 030 Pre-fail Always - 784831267
    9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 084 084 000 Old_age Always - 14568
    10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0
    12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 169
    194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 027 051 000 Old_age Always - 27 (Lifetime Min/Max 0/10)
    195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 053 046 000 Old_age Always - 231310844
    197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
    198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0
    199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
    200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0
    202 TA_Increase_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0
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    FR = Features Register [HEX]
    SC = Sector Count Register [HEX]
    SN = Sector Number Register [HEX]
    CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX]
    CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX]
    DH = Device/Head Register [HEX]
    DC = Device Command Register [HEX]
    ER = Error register [HEX]
    ST = Status register [HEX]
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    27 00 01 2e 51 1c e0 00 1d+05:10:58.861 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT
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    27 00 01 6f 59 1c e0 00 1d+05:10:58.861 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT
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    27 00 01 2e 51 1c e0 00 14:08:10.504 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT
    37 00 01 2e 51 1c ed 00 14:08:10.503 SET MAX ADDRESS EXT
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    SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
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    2 0 0 Not_testing
    3 0 0 Not_testing
    4 0 0 Not_testing
    5 0 0 Not_testing
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    /dev/sdb2 swap swap defaults 0 0
    /dev/sdb3 / xfs defaults 0 1
    /dev/sdb4 /home xfs defaults 0 1
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    Expert Forums » Community Discussions » Suggestions and Comments
    To go back one level I would have to click on
    Suggestions and Comments.
    Thanks
    Bruce

    Hi Bruce;
    I'm using the same FF version...But haven't got the related problem...
    Greetings,
    Blag.

  • Text Message incomplete or missing? Also-SMS editing / backspace malfunction...

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  • List of forum editor issues and bugs

    This thread is work in progress. Please report additional bugs and issues you are aware off. I will try to reproduce the issue and add your information to the appropriate columns below. Thanks!
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    Issue
    Date
    Summary
    Browser
    Status
    Remark
    1
    08-Jan-2014
    last verified
    24-Aug-2014
    Text copied from discussions, such as code, result in double line spacing when copied to the host system.
    Firefox
    Internet Explorer
    Safari
    Chrome
    open
    open
    fixed
    fixed
    1.1
    1.2
    2
    08-Jan-2014
    last verified23-Aug-2014
    Cannot append text or code to Syntax Highlighting.
    Firefox
    Internet Explorer
    Safari
    Chrome
    fixed
    fixed
    fixed
    fixed
    3
    08-Jan-2014
    last verified23-Aug-2014
    Cannot properly select text or code with Syntax Highlighting.
    Firefox
    Internet Explorer
    Safari
    Chrome
    improved
    fixed
    fixed
    fixed
    3.1
    4
    08-Jan-2014
    last verified23-Aug-2014
    Subsequent edit sessions add empty lines to Syntax Highlighting code.
    Firefox
    Internet Explorer
    Safari
    Chrome
    fixed
    fixed
    fixed
    fixed
    5
    08-Jan-2014
    last verified23-Aug-2014
    Copying text under Syntax Highlighting includes line numbers.
    Firefox
    Internet Explorer
    Safari
    Chrome
    improved
    open
    fixed
    fixed
    5.1
    5.2
    6
    08-Jan-2014
    last verified23-Aug-2014
    Cannot copy and paste the whole Syntax Highlighting frame.
    Firefox
    Internet Explorer
    Safari
    Chrome
    improved
    fixed
    improved
    improved
    6.1
    6.3
    6.3
    7
    09-Jan-2014
    last verified23-Aug-2014
    Syntax Highlighting suppresses empty lines and white space when browsing.
    Firefox
    Internet Explorer
    Safari
    Chrome
    fixed
    fixed
    fixed
    fixed
    8
    08-Jan-2014
    last verified23-Aug-2014
    Syntax Highlighting overwrites font.
    Firefox
    Internet Explorer
    Safari
    Chrome
    improved
    improved
    improved
    improved
    8.1
    8.1
    8.1
    8.1
    9
    09-Jan-2014
    last verified23-Aug-2014
    Cannot paste any text into the editor window.
    Firefox
    Internet Explorer 11
    Safari
    Chrome
    working
    fixed
    working
    working
    10
    09-Jan-2014
    last verified23-Aug-2014
    Cannot change the font when selecting several lines of text.
    Firefox
    Internet Explorer
    Safari
    Chrome
    improved
    working
    fixed
    improved
    10.1
    10.1
    11
    09-Jan-2014
    last verified23-Aug-2014
    Changing the font gets confused and shows the wrong font.
    Firefox
    Internet Explorer
    Safari
    Chrome
    improved
    working
    open
    open
    11.1
    11.3
    11.3
    12
    09-Jan-2014
    last verified23-Aug-2014
    Pasting a URL captures the text insertion point.
    Firefox
    Internet Explorer
    Safari
    Chrome
    fixed
    fixed
    fixed
    fixed
    13
    16-Jan-2014
    last verified23-Aug-2014
    Quoting captures insertion point.
    Firefox
    Internet Explorer
    Safari
    Chrome
    fixed
    fixed
    fixed
    fixed
    14
    24-Jan-2014
    last verified23-Aug-2014
    Adding HTML label tag for no apparent reason.
    Firefox
    Internet Explorer
    Safari
    Chrome
    fixed
    fixed
    fixed
    fixed
    15
    28-Feb-2014
    last verified23-Aug-2014
    Undo disables functions, such as Quote and Syntax Highlighting and results in complete loss of text when attempting to post.
    Firefox
    Internet Explorer
    Safari
    Chrome
    Improved
    working
    working
    working
    15.1
    16
    28-Feb-2014
    last verified23-Aug-2014
    Syntax Highlighting shows several <span> when browsing.
    Firefox
    Internet Explorer
    Safari
    Chrome
    fixed
    fixed
    fixed
    fixed
    17
    23-Jun-2014
    last verified23-Aug-2014
    When specifying a table width, typed numbers are falling through and land the table as text.
    Firefox
    Internet Explorer
    Safari
    Chrome
    open
    open
    open
    open
    18
    23-Aug-2014
    Quoting of content with Syntax Highlighting looks fine when editing, but when posting, quoting around SH is removed.
    Firefox
    Internet Explorer
    Safari
    Chrome
    open
    open
    open
    open
    19
    22-Aug-2014
    Text like "Patch 11.2.0.3" are converted to non-functional hyperlinks when posting.
    Firefox
    Internet Explorer
    Safari
    Chrome
    open
    open
    open
    open
    20
    20-Jul-2014
    last verified23-Aug-2014
    The editor toolbar disappears behind the forum banner when scrolling to the next page.
    Firefox
    Internet Explorer
    Safari
    Chrome
    open
    open
    open
    open
    21
    17-Nov-2014
    Insertion point displayed in text under Syntax Highlighting is not showing the real position.
    Firefox
    open
    22
    23-Aug-2014
    Hover-up and pop-up menus are in the way then typing text in tables and code under Syntax Highlighting.
    Firefox
    Internet Explorer
    Safari
    Chrome
    open
    open
    open
    open
    23
    23-Aug-2014
    Copying text from the first post of a thread includes a grey background.
    Firefox
    Internet Explorer
    Safari
    Chrome
    working
    working
    open
    open
    24
    24-Aug-2014
    Copy and paste does not retain the size of a picture and resizing produces bad quality images. Resizing also no longer shows picture dimensions. Copying images between documents does not copy size settings.
    Firefox
    Internet Explorer
    Safari
    Chrome
    open
    open
    open
    open
    25
    17-Nov-2014
    Copying and pasting of text determine the source format and creates unwanted or useless tables, affecting also Syntax Highlighting.
    Firefox
    open
    26
    17-Nov-2014
    Adding additional rows to tables do not inherit the previous cell formats, such as vertical and horizontal center line.
    Firefox
    working
    27
    02-Dec-2014
    The Jive spell-checker is difficult to use. Pointing and clicking of marked text has to be very precise in order to function, or the spell-checker deactivates itself.
    Firefox
    open
    Ref. No.
    Remarks
    1.1
    Pasting of regular text results in double-line spacing. Pasting of code with Syntax Highlighting does not produce double-line spacing, but includes line numbers when pasting in a rich text editor window, or results in indented lines when pasting to the command prompt or plain text window.
    1.2
    Pasting of code with Syntax Highlighting includes line numbers when pasting into notepad or to the command prompt. Copying of normal text does not wrap and appears a single line when pasting into notepad.
    3.1
    Selecting of code and copying works, but selected text looks like a tape and is not visible.
    5.1
    Copy works find and does not include line numbers, but the text is indented.
    When pasting text into a rich text enabled editor window, it includes line numbers.
    5.2
    Code in syntax highlighting does not copy blank lines, but copies line numbers.
    6.1
    Only parts of a code segment can be copied, but not the complete code segment. Copy and paste always copies an additional line that was actually not selected.
    6.3
    Copy and paste only copies the code but not syntax highlighting, which can however be can be re-applied.
    8.1
    Applying syntax highlighting now applies a font that is suitable for displaying code.
    However, it is not possible to change the font, if necessary, or apply color or bold or highlighting. Color can be applied, which looks like double-vision, but anyway is removed when posting.
    10.1
    Not working reliably. Sometimes the last line selected is not changed, or only the first line changes.
    11.1
    Sometimes fonts are not displayed properly, for instance, the text insertion point may show Arial, but the text is Courier. There is no clear pattern when this happens or what triggers the problem.
    11.3
    The text insertion point or selected text always reports the font name "font family", regardless of the font applied.
    15.1
    Ctrl-z aborting editor functions under Firefox on Mac OS X. However, Cmd-z, which is standard, works properly. This problem does not affect Safari.
    Issue
    Steps to reproduce
    Workaround
    1
    Copy a couple or more lines of text from a discussion window and paste it into any application or document on your host system. For instance:
    The following may produce double line spacing:
    If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those
    ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it.
    The following should work correctly:
    If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will
    cause the most damage will be the first one to go wrong
    Use Shift-Return instead of Return to terminate the end of lines when creating text.
    Use a different browser to perform cut and paste operations, such as Apple Safari or Google Chrome.
    2
    Paste some text code into the forum editor window. Select the code and choose Syntax Highlighting:Plain from the editor toolbar (>>). Close and re-edit the thread. It is not possible to place the insertion point below the block of code in order to add any additional lines of code or to add any normal text. For instance:
    mknod compress_pipe p
    mknod export_pipe p
    chmod +rw export_pipe compress_pipe
    nohup split -b 8192m < export_pipe &
    nohup gzip < compress_pipe > export_pipe &
    exp system/passwd full=y direct=y consistent=y compress=n \
    buffer=10485760 file=compress_pipe
    It is possible to insert additional code or text below Syntax Highlighting, provided the frame it is not the end, as shown in issue 7.
    Add any line of text at the end of your code before applying Syntax Highlighting to the lines above.
    Adding code within the frame of Syntax Highlighting works in Safari and Google Chrome.
    3
    Re-edit a post with Syntax Highlighting. It is not possible to properly select any lines of code. An additional empty code line is added and the focus is shifted. The selection mask does not match the actual text. It is pretty much impossible to re-edit Syntax Highlighting.
    Screenshot: http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/6121/viun.jpg
    Use Safari or Google Chrome when to re-edit text or code under Syntax Highlighting.
    4
    Every subsequent edit of a post with Syntax Highlighting adds an empty blank line to the code block with an incremented line number. The resulting empty lines (07, 08) shown in the screenshot cannot be selected or removed unless there is text below the code frame as shown in issue 7. Screenshot: http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/5514/cxkd.jpg
    Removing of empty lines woks in Safari and Google Chrome.
    5
    When browsing code with Syntax Highlighting, it is not possible to select the code without the line numbers. Screenshot: http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/6626/j7n7.jpg
    Select and copy each line separately. Or use Firefox or Google Chrome, but note issue in Remark 5.
    6
    When editing, it is possible to copy and paste lines under Syntax Highlighting when selecting the lines, but not when selecting the complete Syntax Highlighting frame.
    Carefully select text without the Syntax Highlighting frame boundaries.
    7
    Empty lines and white space (identation) in Syntax Highlighting are suppressed when browsing, although they exist in the actual post. For instance:
    mknod compress_pipe p
       mknod export_pipe p
    Screenshot when editing the above code:
    http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/673/kmy4.jpg
    8
    Syntax Highlighting changes the font to Arial and it is not possible to apply something more suitable for the displaying of code, such as fixed-width Courier New.
    mknod compress_pipe p
    Arial: 1l0OI
    Courier New: 1l0OI
    Arial: 1l0OI
    Courier New: 1l0OI
    9
    It is not possible to paste any text into the editor window.
    Use a different web browser or downgrade to IE 10.
    Or enable F12 Developer Tools from the Tools menu. Press Ctrl-8
    Change the default document mode from Edge to IE 10. Select Leave this page.
    10
    Create a new thread and type several lines of text. Then select select several lines of text and choose a font, e.g. Courier New. Not all selected lines are changed and only a couple of lines remain highlighted. For instance:
    It is difficult to prove the existence of aliens.
    Photos exist with aliens, but they could be fake.
    On the other hand, photos without aliens could be fake too.
    11
    Select a line of text and change the font to Courier New. Then select the line again and it will show Arial. Change the font to Courier New and the text will change back to Arial.
    12
    Copy a URL and paste it into the editor window. The URL will be shown as a hyperlink using blue text. It is not possible to continue with normal writing without changing the text of the link. The text insertion point is captured inside the text of the link when trying to click below the link.
    After pasting the URL, use the arrow key or mouse to move the cursor to the end of the link, then press RETURN and start writing normally. You can than move the cursor to the beginning of the line and use BACKSPACE to move the text up, after the link.
    13
    When replying to a thread and pressing the Quote Previous Message button and then clicking inside the quoted text, for instance, to remove some of the content, it is sometimes no longer possible to move the text insertion point outside of the quoted text back to the normal editing area.
    When this happens it helps to switch to HTML and then switch back to the Full Editor.
    14
    While writing normal text in the editor, it sometimes becomes impossible to edit a line of text. When clicking on any text to move the text insertion point, it selects the complete paragraph instead. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/585/d0v5.jpg. When pressing the "Post Message" button, a dialog appears to "Stay" or "Leave" the page.
    Apparently the editor adds HTML label tags for no apparent reason, which can be seen when switching the editor to HTML mode. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/199/1r5a.jpg
    15
    Copy some text into the editor window. Select the text and choose Syntax Highlighting form the >> insert toolbar. Undo using Ctrl-z. It is no longer possible to use any of the >> insert functions. After that it is also not possible to post the message, resulting in an unexpected error and the content is lost.
    16
    Syntax Highlighting shows several <span> at the beginning and end of the Syntax Highlighting block after posting. This affects old and new posts.
    17
    When changing the width of a table column, entering the 2nd number gets punched into the cell content instead.
    After entering the first number, click in the entry field again to enter the 2nd number.
    18
    19
    Automatic insertion of links to support.oracle.com contains more info, including responses from Oracle staff.
    20
    Change the width of browser window until the editor toolbar appears. It will then stay on top when scrolling through pages.
    21
    Select Syntax Highlighting, Plain from the >> insert menu, then copy and past several lines of text (code) into it. Or, copy and paste the text, then mark the text with the mouse and select SH from the insert menu. Many times, the insertion point is not reflecting it's actual position when you click inside the text. Very often it is also not possible to position the insertion point to the end or beginning of a line using the left and right arrow keys; the insertion point jumps to the next line, even though the end of the line has not been reached.
    For instance:
    The text insertion point [|] is showing up between the words "point" and "is", but when pressing the delete key or entering text, it affects a different area.
    22
    The following is a picture with text and Syntax Highlighting.
    In tables, pressing the delete key will remove or rearrange the hover-up window.
    23
    The original or initial post of a thread is shown with a grey background when browsing. Depending on the web browser application, this background is also copied when doing a copy and paste of the text, provided the target window supports rich text editing.
    Change the target editor window to plain text.
    24
    After resizing a pasted image to the same size than the original, the quality is much worse. The following shows a screenshot of the original and copied image:
    When resizing a picture by moving the image end-points, the editor does no longer show the current picture dimensions (pixel x pixel) as it did in Jive 5. Also when copying a picture between documents, the picture is enlarged and requires resizing.
    25
    Copy and paste content from /etc/oratab, for example:
    The same also happens when pasting the text into a Syntax Highlighting field.
    It is often necessary to use undo (ctrl-z, cmd-z) to get rid of the mess.
    26
    Please see below screenshot:
    27
    Message was edited by: Dude!

    moniquevdb_oracle wrote:
    Holy.... wow, this is helpful, thank you so much for kicking this off, Dude!
    BluShadow I know you are in favor of reenabling code formatting and ditching the Syntax Highlighter altogether. I've also heard that users would prefer the advanced editor to open by default. Anything else on the wishlist?
    correction, I would certainly be in favour (favor to you ) of reenabling code tags, mainly because I work quicker by copy/paste and by keyboard than by having to click through a load of buttons (that currently don't do what they should).  I've not said that syntax highlighting should be ditched altogether, and I'd certainly be in favour of it being there, just so long as it provided a decent formatting that was appropriate, so code actually looked like code, and the ability for people to copy/paste the code out of the forum to their own environment wasn't corrupted with double line spacing (as dude has already mentioned) and the addition of the line numbers it puts in (the line numbers are useful for reference on the forum, e.g. when we want to say "you're problem is on line X", but not good when you copy/paste code out to your environment and have to spend ages deleting them all to get the code to do anything).  If it's too difficult, then removing the line numbers from the code formatting would be preferable to having them there and not being able to copy the code out without them.
    I agree with dude that it would be good to be able to highlight portions of code with bold or colours, which the old forum didn't allow, but this one does, so it's really a combination of old and new that's needed.  And as dude highlights, the supressing of blank lines is a pain as it can make the posting of multiple code commands become all compressed and difficult to read, and is not representative of what we have in our interfaces such as SQL*Plus etc.
    Basic example:
    Copy paste from my SQL*Plus window into the forum (and me applying courier new and quoting it)...
    SQL> select * from emp;
         EMPNO ENAME      JOB              MGR HIREDATE                    SAL       COMM     DEPTNO
          7369 SMITH      CLERK           7902 17-DEC-1980 00:00:00        800                    20
          7499 ALLEN      SALESMAN        7698 20-FEB-1981 00:00:00       1600        300         30
          7521 WARD       SALESMAN        7698 22-FEB-1981 00:00:00       1250        500         30
          7566 JONES      MANAGER         7839 02-APR-1981 00:00:00       2975                    20
          7654 MARTIN     SALESMAN        7698 28-SEP-1981 00:00:00       1250       1400         30
          7698 BLAKE      MANAGER         7839 01-MAY-1981 00:00:00       2850                    30
          7782 CLARK      MANAGER         7839 09-JUN-1981 00:00:00       2450                    10
          7788 SCOTT      ANALYST         7566 19-APR-1987 00:00:00       3000                    20
          7839 KING       PRESIDENT            17-NOV-1981 00:00:00       5000                    10
          7844 TURNER     SALESMAN        7698 08-SEP-1981 00:00:00       1500          0         30
          7876 ADAMS      CLERK           7788 23-MAY-1987 00:00:00       1100                    20
          7900 JAMES      CLERK           7698 03-DEC-1981 00:00:00        950                    30
          7902 FORD       ANALYST         7566 03-DEC-1981 00:00:00       3000                    20
          7934 MILLER     CLERK           7782 23-JAN-1982 00:00:00       1300                    10
    14 rows selected.
    SQL> select * from dept;
        DEPTNO DNAME          LOC
            10 ACCOUNTING     NEW YORK
            20 RESEARCH       DALLAS
            30 SALES          CHICAGO
            40 OPERATIONS     BOSTON
    SQL>
    but in my SQL*Plus window it looks like.
    SQL> select * from emp;
         EMPNO ENAME      JOB              MGR HIREDATE                    SAL       COMM     DEPTNO
          7369 SMITH      CLERK           7902 17-DEC-1980 00:00:00        800                    20
          7499 ALLEN      SALESMAN        7698 20-FEB-1981 00:00:00       1600        300         30
          7521 WARD       SALESMAN        7698 22-FEB-1981 00:00:00       1250        500         30
          7566 JONES      MANAGER         7839 02-APR-1981 00:00:00       2975                    20
          7654 MARTIN     SALESMAN        7698 28-SEP-1981 00:00:00       1250       1400         30
          7698 BLAKE      MANAGER         7839 01-MAY-1981 00:00:00       2850                    30
          7782 CLARK      MANAGER         7839 09-JUN-1981 00:00:00       2450                    10
          7788 SCOTT      ANALYST         7566 19-APR-1987 00:00:00       3000                    20
          7839 KING       PRESIDENT            17-NOV-1981 00:00:00       5000                    10
          7844 TURNER     SALESMAN        7698 08-SEP-1981 00:00:00       1500          0         30
          7876 ADAMS      CLERK           7788 23-MAY-1987 00:00:00       1100                    20
          7900 JAMES      CLERK           7698 03-DEC-1981 00:00:00        950                    30
          7902 FORD       ANALYST         7566 03-DEC-1981 00:00:00       3000                    20
          7934 MILLER     CLERK           7782 23-JAN-1982 00:00:00       1300                    10
    14 rows selected.
    SQL> select * from dept;
        DEPTNO DNAME          LOC
            10 ACCOUNTING     NEW YORK
            20 RESEARCH       DALLAS
            30 SALES          CHICAGO
            40 OPERATIONS     BOSTON
    SQL>
    Obviously that's a basic example; in reality we can be providing a solution to someone, explaining multiple steps and commands to demonstrate their issue and the solution, and having to go back through the code once we've pasted it adding back in all the line spacings, is a real pain and time consuming.
    Certainly, having the advanced editor options available immediately for replying would be better than having to switch to it manually, especially as most people using these forums are going to want to paste code in (what with it being a technical forum and not really a social forum), and the basic editor just doesn't allow for any suitable code formatting (unless the person is mad enough to switch to HTML mode).

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