Bug 22870 - When adding a '#' into Rancor with a macro, the special character gets removed
Summary: When adding a '#' into Rancor with a macro, the special character gets removed
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Koha
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Cataloging (show other bugs)
Version: 18.05
Hardware: All All
: P5 - low minor
Assignee: Bugs List
QA Contact: Testopia
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Reported: 2019-05-08 21:15 UTC by Kelly McElligott
Modified: 2019-05-10 18:10 UTC (History)
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Description Kelly McElligott 2019-05-08 21:15:56 UTC 
A library's code to insert into their records has the value of # in it.  When this is added to a macro and that macro is run in the Advanced Editor, the # gets removed and does not get input into the record.

1. Create a macro to insert 

new 040=‡cBE#

2. Run this macro

3. The record will have the 040$c BE in the record, but Koha has dropped the #
Comment 1 Jonathan Druart 2019-05-10 18:10:48 UTC 
From cateditor/macros/rancor.js:
238                 contents = contents.replace( /#.*$/, '' );

So it's expected, what's following # is considered as a comment