Title: morse code text issue
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# morse code text issue

 *  Resolved [abzu2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abzu2/)
 * (@abzu2)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/morse-code-text-issue/)
 * Have a strange issue inserting morse code text into Elucidate. When customizing
   any text within Elucidate the correct syntax for a morse code text is viewed 
   when edited.
    ie: .-.. — …- .
 * however after accepting the changes it is converted to:
 * .-.. — …- .
 * the three dashes are converted to a bar and the formatting of three dots in a
   row is also altered, thus returning an error when converting morse code to text.
   Have tried various options without any success.
 * It should be:
    .-.. — …- .
 * Fail to see how to resolve this issue with my favorite theme… Elucidate. Using
   a child theme for customization.
 * Blog site is abzu2.com
 * TIA

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 *  Theme Author [Chrisdc1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrisdc1/)
 * (@chrisdc1)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/morse-code-text-issue/#post-5448610)
 * Hello, I think this is a general WordPress issue. In any posts WordPress automatically
   replaces a number of characters for you ( for example (c) becomes © ). Usually
   this is a helpful feature, but in this situation I can see how it has become 
   a problem. I’ll see if I can find a good way to disable this later, but you will
   probably get a faster answer if you ask on the general support forum.
 *  Thread Starter [abzu2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abzu2/)
 * (@abzu2)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/morse-code-text-issue/#post-5448626)
 * Chrisdc1,
 * Thank you for your kind reply. I was unaware of the WP auto-correction function.
   Will investigate into how to customise if possible and if there is a plugin that
   facilitates this option. Thank you.
 *  Theme Author [Chrisdc1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrisdc1/)
 * (@chrisdc1)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/morse-code-text-issue/#post-5448627)
 * The only way I can see to do this right now is to disable the replacement altogether.
   I’m afraid I haven’t had time to test this, but try adding the code [shown here](http://css-tricks.com/snippets/wordpress/disable-automatic-formatting/)
   to your child theme’s functions.php
 *  Thread Starter [abzu2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abzu2/)
 * (@abzu2)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/morse-code-text-issue/#post-5448637)
 * Solved by commenting out all lines 98-99, 176-182 and 268-270 in the file formatting.
   php in the wp-includes folder.
 * Problem re-posted in How-To and Troubleshooting < Customisation of WP autocorrect
   function >

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/morse-code-text-issue/#post-5448637)
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