LJ editor issues

[peroxidepirate]

So, about this LJ HTML editor update....

Is anyone else ready to pull their hair out?

Mostly I write entries in rich text, then edit in HTML if I need to. The update, though. Firefox spellcheck no longer works in rich text mode (though it's there in HTML). And more to the point, line breaks are fucked. If I edit an already-posted entry, all the line/paragraph breaks disappear completely and I am left with Wall o' Text, in rich text or HTML. I was hoping it was a Firefox issue (since I'm on the verge of dumping this browser anyway, only I've been too lazy so far), but alas, I have the same problem in Chrome.

What gives? Any suggestions for how to deal?

Comments

[rain-sleet-snow.livejournal.com]

If you have a Dreamwidth account, crossposting from there is very easy and doesn't bork the HTML once it gets to Livejournal.

[peroxidepirate.livejournal.com]

I may have to start doing that again... I only have a paid account at LJ and I like having access to my 50-some icons, though! Anyway, thanks for the suggestion. :)

[ceridweyn-lin.livejournal.com]

If I edit it, I've been copy-pasting the HTML into Notepad then editing it there. Then I can put it back with formatting intact.

[peroxidepirate.livejournal.com]

Hrm. The problem is, as soon as I click "edit," I get the wall-o-text. So I can copy-paste, but I still have to put all the line breaks back in. Which is not so bad at the moment, but what if I start posting fic again or something?

ETA: It seems putting a line break in the new rich text editor does not, in fact, cause there to be a < p > or < br > HTML tag. And when you return to the editor, it only gives you a break when there's a tag. asldjklfj;jl ARGH.

(icon directed at LJ. ARGH.)

[ceridweyn-lin.livejournal.com]

Blaaaaaargh >:(

Having to write everything in HTML sucks. Google isn't putting up anything helpful either, just that there was an update.

[sensiblecat.livejournal.com]

I've had the paragraph problem too. it took me about eight tries to format my last long piece. What exactly is a Cut Wizard anyway?