Help file causing screen to lock up?

[Ariala]

So I'm not sure what's going on..but if I type "help constitution" a bunch of random crap pops up and then zMud locks up and I can't do anything.

[Raona]

I use zMud, and can not reproduce this. The ability score helpfiles do have a good deal of fancier formatting, though.

Ariala, can you try HELP STRENGTH and see if you have the same problem?

Has anyone else experienced this, on any platform?

[Ariala]

Help STRENGTH works fine. I'll see if I can upload a screenshot.

[Ariala]

http://postimg.org/image/r1ejyag9l/

[Raona]

Thank you, that helps! I'll ask you some more questions by PM, as this image gives me some ideas of things to try.

Is anyone else seeing anything like this with HELP CON, or any other helpfile?

[Algon]

I ran through a ton of help files today and did not come across any problem at all. I'd have her uninstall and reinstall Zmud first off I just don't see how this can be an issue with anything but the client somehow.

[Raona]

I replaced the original HELP CON with a copy I'd run through an ANSI filter, and Ariala now reports no problems. There may have been an exotic character in there (those stupid stylized quotes Word is so fond of auto-generating can do this) that my system parsed out, but Ariala's did not.

In any case, I think it is sorted now. Thank you for the report and troubleshooting work, Ariala, and for your efforts, Algon!