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seaweeed
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

Dropbox text editor inserting junk characters

I have a bunch of .md files on dropbox and I use the in-app text editor to make quick changes from mobile (android). I have a frequent issue where dropbox can't always display or save non-standard c...
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seaweeed
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

@Jay was able to replicate the issue. Created one file on desktop and through dropbox app. Adding '哈 ' to the dropbox file broke it. It did not preview correctly, and editing and saving the file broke all special characters in the doc, although some characters still display on desktop (for now) they are just junk strings on mobile.

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Walter
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3 years ago

Hey seaweeed, thanks for flagging this with us.

 

I just wanted to mention that the team is aware of this issue and working on it.

 

We'll make sure to keep you posted! 

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