Code posted converted into a Smiley

[Patrick]

If posting something like "drop=_: )" without a blank between the column and the closing bracket the code posted gets converted into a Smiley.

proc transpose data=have out=transp(drop=_:) prefix=Gift; var gift; by id; run;

[jakarman]

Seen that behavior of creating a smiley out of some text more (like Word).  http://apps.timwhitlock.info/emoji/tables/unicode

Yes it happens what is the issue?

[LainieH]

@Patrick, have you tried the SAS syntax editor (running man icon)? Or, do you mean that you want to be able to post a small snippet of code without it turning into a smiley - which I can understand.  I will see if there is a way to prevent this but we recommend the SAS Syntax Highlighter for blocks of code. If you have more details let me know.  

Best regards, 

Lainie

[ballardw]

Seem a bit of overkill to have to use a separate editor to correct a minor spelling issue or on a small like of code such as

(keep = var:) which will show the smiley and since I don't generally but a space at the end of a variable list in a keep data set option...

[LainieH]

Hey there.. I spoke with @ChrisHemedinger and we were able to "turn off emoticons within preformatted text" in the admin tool.  I am wondering if this helped? Talk with you soon, Lainie

[Rick_SAS]

My 2 cents. I've turned off smileys in my Preferences page. They don't add anything.  In the early days of email people used *grin*, *kidding*, *smile*, and other text instead of cute, yellow, smiling, winking, spinning, rotating, flying, laughing graphical images. 

Somehow we managed to convey the sentiment just fine. *smile*