Alex, Sorry, can only address the double-dash substitution. I’m not sure that this is actually a Word Press issue in that the MacOS does that sort of substitution by default and I found it extremely frustrating in Terminal until I figured out what was going on. You can turn off this substitution behaviour globally in System Preferences, Keyboard under the Text tab. Uncheck the box for Smart Quotes and Dashes. You can also leave that feature enabled and alternatively disable it for individual apps by going under the Edit menu, Substitutions and unchecking the Smart Dashes item. The only thing here is, that I don’t think you can individually set that in Safari, so, the global setting may need to be applied.
HTH. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 7, 2015, at 15:31, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: Yes, sorry, I meant wordpress.com <http://wordpress.com/>. I have two free blogs hosted there. > On Mar 7, 2015, at 5:20 PM, May <mcdonald....@gmail.com > <mailto:mcdonald....@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I'm assuming you're talking about wordpress.com <http://wordpress.com/> and > not .org? I don't have these problems. > > Wordpress.org <http://wordpress.org/> you can get lots of the things you are > looking for except for you would have to pay for your own domain name. > > May and LD Luna Moon! > www.canadianlynx.ca <http://www.canadianlynx.ca/> > >> On Mar 7, 2015, at 5:02 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> I'm posting this in a couple places, so you may see it twice. >> >> I'm frustrated with Wordpress. Their mobile app is great, but their website >> is annoying with VO on the Mac. They claim to support Markdown, but don't >> return MD text when you go to edit, and suddenly my blog stopped >> interpreting MD for some reason. They also mess with the characters I use, >> replacing a double dash with an em dash and an apostrophe with a single >> quote. I'm in search of a new blogging platform, and here are the things I >> need, and don't need but would like, it to support. >> >> * Markdown support, and this is a must. I need to be able to post with >> Markdown, and, when I edit, to be editing in Markdown. That is, I don't want >> to post initially with Markdown, then get HTML when I go to edit. I know >> HTML, but I hate working in it, especially on iOS. >> * Free. I don't post often, so if there's a post or traffic limit for free >> accounts, that's probably fine. >> * Apps: I need it to be compatible with Mars Edit, unless the web interface >> is truly amazing, and I'd love an iOS app. Wordpress has such an app, and >> while I don't post with it, I love it for getting notified of new comments >> and taking action on them from the app. >> * I don't need, but would like, a good comments system. Readers should be >> able to post with just a name or email address, not need to make an account >> or solve a captcha. Anti-spam for comments is a must, since Wordpress tells >> me it's blocked over two thousand spam comments on my two blog accounts to >> date. >> * Auto-posting new blog posts to my Twitter account would be great, but >> isn't required. >> * A way for people to follow me by RSS is highly desired. >> * The ability to include pictures is good. I haven't yet, but I'd like to. >> Ideally, there would be a way to know where the image would be, how big it >> will end up, and if text will wrap around it. Basically, an accessible way >> to know roughly how the embedded image will look. Not what the image >> contains, but how it impacts the layout of the rest of the post. >> >> So, any ideas? I've heard that Tumblr would be a good choice, but that was >> from a sighted person. I've also been told of Dreamwidth, a site I'd never >> heard of but that one of my Twitter followers really enjoys. I'm not looking >> for community *on the blog site*, as my community comes from comments and >> Twitter more than any website. I do, though, need what I choose to meet the >> above requirements. Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks. >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex Hall >> mehg...@icloud.com >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com <mailto:mehg...@icloud.com> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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