Jemini
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It's not so much a bug as it is a faulty feature, but it seems there's some kind of auto-complete in the BB code in cases where you post partial BB code.
This is a problem, because one of the most common uses of partial BB code I'm aware of is if you're trying to show the code to someone, which means this auto-complete function will actually be working against you.
I'm aware there are codes you can add to prevent other code from rendering, but I personally don't know what that code is and I feel I'm far from the only one with this level of half-knowledge in the BB code. Most of the code can be easily discovered just by toggling the BB code and self-taught that way, but specialized code like the one that keeps it from rendering is not something that is easily self-taught and you have to be at a somewhat more expert level to know tricks like that.
Since there are features that will apply the code automatically anyway, I think it is redundant and unnecessary to have it also auto-complete for the kinds of people who would manually enter BB code. If we're manually entering it, we probably at least know a little bit about it anyway, so this feature is actually something that causes more problems than it solves.
This is a problem, because one of the most common uses of partial BB code I'm aware of is if you're trying to show the code to someone, which means this auto-complete function will actually be working against you.
I'm aware there are codes you can add to prevent other code from rendering, but I personally don't know what that code is and I feel I'm far from the only one with this level of half-knowledge in the BB code. Most of the code can be easily discovered just by toggling the BB code and self-taught that way, but specialized code like the one that keeps it from rendering is not something that is easily self-taught and you have to be at a somewhat more expert level to know tricks like that.
Since there are features that will apply the code automatically anyway, I think it is redundant and unnecessary to have it also auto-complete for the kinds of people who would manually enter BB code. If we're manually entering it, we probably at least know a little bit about it anyway, so this feature is actually something that causes more problems than it solves.