Christian Ridderström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've started working on moving contens to the new lyx wiki at > http://wiki.lyx.org > but encountered a weird problem. When a page contains too much text > (abt 800 characters), I'm not able to "save" it to the Wiki Engine... > > This problem occurs: > * when saving to the wiki at wiki.lyx.org, and... > * when doing this from home, and... > * when using Opera as browser. > > However, it works fine if I: > * use Opera remotely from another site > * use Netscape from home > * try to save to another wiki-engine, e.g. www.pmichaud.com/wiki
> What happens when the data is "saved", is that a form is "posted" to the > web server... When there is a problem, it seems that the web server > doesn't send an acknowlegdement. In Emacs for instance, I can see that the > connection remains open and is never closed. > > At first I thought this was just a problem with the server at wiki.lyx.org > not accepting posts over a certain size... but that doesn't explain why > Netscape works from home, or Opera from another site.. > > So does anyone has any ideas here? Look for odd characters (multi-byte, 8th bit set, etc.) in your "content". I have posting issues with other implementations of Wiki when I post with certain browsers (Opera being one of the problem ones). Most often happens when someone before me has pasted in characters from a cut and paste involving MS Word. Dave -- David G. Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] UAB Electrical and Computer Engineering Birmingham, AL USA
