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burr86 in lj_nifty

Deleting Multiple Memories

Aug 04, 2004 02:49

There's really no way to delete a memory if the journal the memory's in is purged (or deleted? I'm not sure about that one). There's also no way to delete multiple memories ( Read more... )

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martyzilla August 5 2004, 12:49:33 UTC

T H A N K _ Y O U !!!

I was finally able to get rid of a post lingering from a previous LJ incarnation thanks to your post! Whew.

petitevicious August 5 2004, 13:01:08 UTC

lmfao.

soy_latte August 5 2004, 13:01:49 UTC

Thank you very much. I've been hoping for a solution to deleting memories more than one at a time for a while now.

q_pheevr August 5 2004, 13:05:33 UTC

When you write "&multidelete=1" my browser thinks you mean "μltidelete=1" instead of "&multidelete=1" and so it renders it as "μltidelete=1".

LJ parser defect exposed by browser bug _duncan August 5 2004, 14:51:25 UTC

Technically LJ should escape several characters they don't (or didn't, in your post)... but that would involve even more parseing because they are used all over the place as part of something else.

& should be &
" should be "

Which browser are you using that sees μltidelete where &multidelete was written?

Re: LJ parser defect exposed by browser bug q_pheevr August 5 2004, 15:22:31 UTC

I'm using iCab.

Whenever I post anything, I always check the "Don't auto-format" box, because I'd rather type the code for things like & myself and be sure of what I'm getting, rather than rely on LJ to escape whatever needs escaping. (I never bother to escape quotes, though; they work fine written as is.) Of course, my head starts to spin a little when I try to write posts about escaped characters: "Okay, if I want it to show up as & instead of &, then I have to write it as &...."

Re: LJ parser defect exposed by browser bug _duncan August 6 2004, 10:50:47 UTC

... and if you thought that was confusing, dear following readers, you should have seen the emailed version containing what he had to type to make that show up. :)

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masterslacker August 5 2004, 14:14:45 UTC

"Multidelete should be on by default, it's really useful - or at least have a big shiny button right there on the memories page to get to it. I don't understand why it's hidden so."

I so agree with you. I've never understood why they wouldn't put a button to do that if it was available!

damnitnicole August 5 2004, 13:43:34 UTC

I just used this the other day, after you told me about it, to delete a memory that was in a purged journal.

You rock!