The (B) Smilie

[Space Commander Travis]

Is there any way of altering the smilie codes so that ( doesn't come up as the smilie face wearing shades, but simply as ( b ) in brackets? Very often one can be writing something that addresses several points, in the form (a), ( b ), © and so on, and for ( b ) to come up as ( rather diminishes the effect one may wish for. I know you can untick the 'Enable emoticons' box, but you might want to still use smilies in the post, just not necessarily when you want ( b ). Could it not be possible to change the code so that ( is represented by something else, thereby avoiding a small amount of confusion?

* You could add to that © as well, perhaps, so that it comes up as ( c ) rather than ©.

[Saru]

It isn't practical to change that as it would break that emoticon in every post in which it's been used before.

[Mentalcase]

There is a better way to do it by using bullet or number lists.

[Space Commander Travis]

There is a better way to do it by using bullet or number lists.

1. Is there really?
   
2. Oh yes.
   
3. isn't that clever?
   

[Waspie_Dwarf]

There is a better way to do it by using bullet or number lists.

And you can still use letters if you like

[List=A][/list]

1. Thing
   
2. Another thing
   
3. More things

[List=a][/list]

1. Stuff
   
2. More stuff
   
3. Yet more stuff

Or even Roman numerals

[List=I][/list]

1. 1
   
2. 2
   
3. 3
   
4. 4
   
5. 5

[List=i][/list]

1. 1
   
2. 2
   
3. 3
   
4. 4
   
5. 5

Edited April 27, 2013 by Waspie_Dwarf

[ExpandMyMind]

It isn't practical to change that as it would break that emoticon in every post in which it's been used before.

To be fair, most of them have probably been put in there by mistake