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## [Send Watching email notifications based on ‘post read’ not ‘site seen’](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-watching-email-notifications-based-on-post-read-not-site-seen/280651)

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**Author:** [@aidanheerdegen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aidanheerdegen)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2023, 6:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-watching-email-notifications-based-on-post-read-not-site-seen/280651 "2023-10-01T06:59:44Z")

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Our users found this hard to understand, and meant they didn’t get emails about topics they were watching because a tab on their browser somewhere had the forum open (we assume, hard to track down false negatives). We’…

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## [Discourse integration with medical grade apps](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-integration-with-medical-grade-apps/280656)

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**Author:** [@51mon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/51mon)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-integration-with-medical-grade-apps/280656 "2023-10-17T22:54:58Z")

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Hi all I’m looking for some guidance as to sources of insight. I’m having a few discussions with developers in early round venture funding Who are creating medical grade rehabilitation tools. Also some health authoriti…

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## [Docker for development vs the rails server + ember](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-for-development-vs-the-rails-server-ember/280661)

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**Author:** [@PrettyGirl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PrettyGirl)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-for-development-vs-the-rails-server-ember/280661 "2023-10-02T14:59:48Z")

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I’ve read the following thread on setting up the discourse for the development environment. meta discourse org/t/install-discourse-on-macos-for-development/15772 However, it doesn’t say anything about enclosing discour…

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## [3.2.0.beta2-dev (7019dbcfe1) does not load CSS from common.scss anymore](https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-2-0-beta2-dev-7019dbcfe1-does-not-load-css-from-common-scss-anymore/280692)

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**Author:** [@nodomain](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nodomain)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 10:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-2-0-beta2-dev-7019dbcfe1-does-not-load-css-from-common-scss-anymore/280692 "2023-10-04T10:10:54Z")

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We have a custom theme and make use of CSS customizations using common.scss. It seems to have broken with the recent upgrade, e.g. styles defined in common.scss are not read anymore. Can you please pinpoint me into any …

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## [Send PM to an email adress from a plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-pm-to-an-email-adress-from-a-plugin/280702)

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**Author:** [@Luicid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Luicid)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-pm-to-an-email-adress-from-a-plugin/280702 "2023-10-02T13:00:33Z")

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Hello, I’m building a plugin and I need to send something to a user’s email. I use creator = PostCreator.new(test\_user, { target\_recipients: "someone@toto.com", archetype: Archetype.private\_message, …

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## [Allow to hide part of a post content with "login to see" or "reply to see" function](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-to-hide-part-of-a-post-content-with-login-to-see-or-reply-to-see-function/280706)

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**Author:** [@Dennis\_P\_Z](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dennis_P_Z)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 7:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-to-hide-part-of-a-post-content-with-login-to-see-or-reply-to-see-function/280706 "2023-10-02T07:55:30Z")

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Hello. Is there a function or plugin that allows to hide part of a post content (not the full post) to the non-logged-in users? or to users who have not replied? Thank you.

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## [Edit history not clear that tag was added](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-history-not-clear-that-tag-was-added/280714)

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**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-history-not-clear-that-tag-was-added/280714 "2023-10-03T15:04:51Z")

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I have noticed that in the edit history it is difficult to see what changed in mobile view if there was no tag before and a tag is added. It is also not very clear in the single desktop view. In the comparison in …

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## [Proofread text feature: View changes - what does the cancel button do?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/proofread-text-feature-view-changes-what-does-the-cancel-button-do/280715)

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**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/proofread-text-feature-view-changes-what-does-the-cancel-button-do/280715 "2023-10-06T22:18:21Z")

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What is the cancel button expected to do? I expected that I can either confirm or cancel the changes. However, cancel seems to just close the dialog and I still have to use revert to get back to my original text.

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## [INSTALL-cloud.md slightly disappointing expectations?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-cloud-md-slightly-disappointing-expectations/280731)

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**Author:** [@gilgongo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gilgongo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-cloud-md-slightly-disappointing-expectations/280731 "2023-10-02T14:56:25Z")

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The introductory paragraph here says “… with zero knowledge of Rails or Linux shell” then goes on to say not only, “Connect to your server via its IP address using SSH” but then gives shell commands to clone the docker i…

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## [Automatically resend edited post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-resend-edited-post/280741)

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**Author:** [@Andro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andro)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2023, 3:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-resend-edited-post/280741 "2023-10-07T03:46:59Z")

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Is there any way to have Discourse resend a post when it has been edited by the user to make corrections or changes?

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## [Is there a way to speed up corrections?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-speed-up-corrections/280743)

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**Author:** [@spinodal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/spinodal)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-speed-up-corrections/280743 "2023-10-02T16:44:12Z")

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I am an active translator of Discourse. There is a big error on one of the translations. And it is a critical one that as an admin I see multiple of times a day, in the footer of every email. I wanted to fix it, and adde…

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## [Change Sign Up Button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-sign-up-button/280755)

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**Author:** [@maketolearn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maketolearn)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 3:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-sign-up-button/280755 "2023-10-02T15:46:19Z")

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We have curators for three different collections on our forum in Math, Science, and Engineering. We would like requests for accounts to be directed to the appropriate curator for review. Can we revise the default “Sign U…

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## [Tracking topic views history](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tracking-topic-views-history/280759)

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**Author:** [@Ayelen\_Rives](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ayelen_Rives)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 12:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tracking-topic-views-history/280759 "2023-10-03T12:40:22Z")

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Hi! I’ve been searching for a while but couldn’t find anything similar, not even in the cool Data Explorer queries. I want to see the history of views/visits that a specific topic has received for a period of time. Id…

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## [Badge Glitch](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-glitch/280760)

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**Author:** [@LxmasWasntHere](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LxmasWasntHere)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-glitch/280760 "2023-10-02T19:40:03Z")

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Hi. I was on a forum and i went to check people’s badges, i saw @twofoursixeight’s badges and he was granted “First Emoji” 2 times, even though the badge doesn’t say it can be granted multiple times. When i click on…

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## [Cannot Create New Topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-create-new-topics/280762)

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**Author:** [@davidkingham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidkingham)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-create-new-topics/280762 "2023-10-02T18:48:15Z")

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After updating to latest yesterday my users cannot create topics anymore. They get the following error: An error occurred: You supplied invalid parameters to the request: Category not allowed for topic creation. Nothing …

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## [Error with code blocks: 403 Forbidden](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-with-code-blocks-403-forbidden/280764)

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**Author:** [@gkaf89](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gkaf89)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-with-code-blocks-403-forbidden/280764 "2023-10-02T17:09:02Z")

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I recently took on the management of discourse server, and there are a few issues. I have persistent issues when trying to create or edit a post with code blocks. When trying to create or edit a post with the code bloc…

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## [\[PAID\] Discourse fixed auto activation plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-discourse-fixed-auto-activation-plugin/280784)

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**Author:** [@codergautam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codergautam)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 12:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-discourse-fixed-auto-activation-plugin/280784 "2023-10-04T00:41:02Z")

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What would you like done? Fixed version of the auto-activation plugin that automatically activates discourse users without having to verify their email. I know this is not recommended but we used to have this working (w…

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## [Names of people displayed are now blue (on meta)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/names-of-people-displayed-are-now-blue-on-meta/280802)

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**Author:** [@twofoursixeight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twofoursixeight)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/names-of-people-displayed-are-now-blue-on-meta/280802 "2023-11-03T16:22:08Z")

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As you can see, the people’s names are now blue. (However, they now look more like links.) I thought it looked better with the original style, but why are the names of users now blue? It could be an inconsistency wit…

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## [Could the installation docs address more situations?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-the-installation-docs-address-more-situations/280811)

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**Author:** [@gilgongo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gilgongo)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-the-installation-docs-address-more-situations/280811 "2023-10-03T18:01:11Z")

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I’m sure these instructions work well for those who use cloud servers dedicated to the purpose of hosting only Discourse. But there may be quite a large number who want to install it on hosts that already have web and m…

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## [Discourse Provide Full Name in Mentions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-provide-full-name-in-mentions/280813)

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**Author:** [@thoka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thoka)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 9:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-provide-full-name-in-mentions/280813 "2023-10-02T21:33:18Z")

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This is one experiment towards Full name @mentions :information\_source: Summary Provide full names for mentions in cooked html :hammer\_and\_wrench: Repository Link GitHub - thoka/discourse-provide-full-name-…

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## [How Do I transfer Discourse between servers?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-transfer-discourse-between-servers/280818)

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**Author:** [@tpglitch](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tpglitch)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 12:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-transfer-discourse-between-servers/280818 "2023-10-03T00:13:05Z")

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I need to move my discourse server from my current one to a new one (on Linode) How can I do this?

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## [Expose external\_id in embed.js](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expose-external-id-in-embed-js/280834)

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**Author:** [@Aaron\_B](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aaron_B)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expose-external-id-in-embed-js/280834 "2023-10-03T19:12:21Z")

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I am needing to load posts on an external site where I don’t know the post\_id but I DO know the external\_id that I configured when I created the topic. Can someone please expose the external\_id variable in the embed.js …

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## [Default terms of service is missing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-terms-of-service-is-missing/280844)

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**Author:** [@PrettyGirl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PrettyGirl)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 10:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-terms-of-service-is-missing/280844 "2023-10-03T10:03:56Z")

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When I click the FAQ and scroll down to the bottom of that I can find the “Terms of service”. When I click that, it directs to nothing. I guess there should be a default TOS page somewhere but the link is broken, it sho…

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## [Documentation in a Discussion forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/documentation-in-a-discussion-forum/280849)

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**Author:** [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/documentation-in-a-discussion-forum/280849 "2023-10-03T17:27:48Z")

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It would be great if you could start a Contribute \> Site feedback topic and elaborate on this a little. :+1: We have lots of sites using a category as a knowledge base, as well as ourselves, and we’re always looking for…

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## [Changing a shared draft topic's category shouldn't be allowed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-a-shared-draft-topics-category-shouldnt-be-allowed/280851)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 9:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-a-shared-draft-topics-category-shouldnt-be-allowed/280851 "2023-10-03T09:21:22Z")

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Editing a shared draft’s current category changes the destination category instead Edit: instead of fixing this, we should disable category change for a shared draft, as this feature only accepts one category. See the m…

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## [Changing the destination categories doesn't show any confirmation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-destination-categories-doesnt-show-any-confirmation/280853)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 9:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-destination-categories-doesnt-show-any-confirmation/280853 "2023-10-03T09:14:28Z")

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Changing a shared draft category is done simply by selecting a new category in the “Destination Category” selector. But there is no confirmation of any kind, which made me reload the page to ensure the category was chan…

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## [Error rebuilding on 2GB RAM without swap](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-rebuilding-on-2gb-ram-without-swap/280861)

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**Author:** [@MarcP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MarcP)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-rebuilding-on-2gb-ram-without-swap/280861 "2023-10-03T15:52:12Z")

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I am running into the exact same issue as the topic above, on a 2GB ram instance. Right before the error, I made a htop snapshot - notice swap is not being used.

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## [Add compatibility for dark themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-compatibility-for-dark-themes/280883)

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**Author:** [@md-misko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/md-misko)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-compatibility-for-dark-themes/280883 "2022-04-08T20:31:20Z")

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This is so cool :heart\_eyes: Two suggestions: is it possible for the component to add wasm extension to settings.theme\_authorized\_extensions by itself (it requires an additional manual step now) svg lines and text are…

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## [Is it possible to render diagrams as SVG in emails?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-render-diagrams-as-svg-in-emails/280885)

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**Author:** [@md-misko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/md-misko)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-render-diagrams-as-svg-in-emails/280885 "2022-04-12T16:52:26Z")

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Email notification for post containing svgbob displays ASCII diagram rendered as a \<pre\>\<code\> block rather than svg, is there any chance the diagram could be converted to svg or png prior to sending an email?

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## [How to override diagram's height?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-override-diagrams-height/280886)

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**Author:** [@fyodorovich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fyodorovich)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-override-diagrams-height/280886 "2022-05-15T20:08:19Z")

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Wow. I love it! In my first interaction with it I’ve found that when I go to edit the ascii text the height instructions for svgbob are rewritten to the initial value that I set. In my case, I set it to height=21. Now I…

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