Unable to edit my post

[Paddy Landau]

I don't know if anyone else has this problem, but it's consistent with me: When I copy output from gnome-terminal into an Ubuntu Forums post, and put CODE tags around it, on saving the post, it always joins the first two lines together. I can then edit the post and break them into two again.

You can see this happening in this post (#21 in the thread), where the first line of code looks like this:

$ sudo apt install fwtsReading package lists... Done

It's supposed to be two lines, like this:

$ sudo apt install fwts
Reading package lists... Done

However, on this one occasion, I am unable to edit the post. When I try to edit it, the area where I type (whatever it's called) is blank. I press "Go Advanced", and the area briefly flashes with my post but ends up blank again. The same happens if I refresh the page.

So, I cannot fix the problem!

This screencast, if you watch closely, shows the brief flash of the post when I refresh the page (the flash is about 2½ seconds in). As you can see, I've used a Guest profile so that no extensions, previous cookies or whatever could be interfering.

To be clear: It's only this post where I have the problem. I seem to OK with every other post that I try to edit (including this one).

Do you know how I can fix this, please?

[TheFu]

a) I don't have that issue.
b) I don't use gnome terminal.
c) I use an xterm and have bash setup to have inputs like they were 5 yrs ago, none of that paste protection junk. You might try disabling that to see if it helps. Probably not, but we never know.

[Paddy Landau]

Thanks, but the real problem is that I can't edit that one post. Someone who looks after the technical side of the forum would have to look at that.