Changing breadcrumb separator

I'm using Zen Cart 1.5 upgraded from 1.3.9h (official upgrade procedure) with a few add-ons, which can not be held responsible for the issue below. However, I will provide a list of them if necessary.

I go to Configuration > Layout Settings > Bread Crumbs Navigator Separator and click "edit". The box to enter a new value replacing the default value of  ::  with a small arrow image. I enter

Code:

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&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="images/design/arrow_right_yellow.gif" height="9" width="9" alt="right" title="" />&nbsp;

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and click "update". The new entry is shown correctly as in the following image:

http://www.athenscollectibles.info/i...or_correct.jpg

The new breadcrumb is pictured below (tailored with CSS) and everything is fine:

http://www.athenscollectibles.info/i...umb_normal.jpg

The problems start if I try to edit the value later (for example, to change image dimensions or something else). If I click edit, the value in the box shows as:

Code:

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  <img src="images/design/arrow_right_yellow.gif" height="9" width="9" alt="right" title="" /> 

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and it shows like this when "update" is clicked:

http://www.athenscollectibles.info/i...itor_wrong.jpg

The breadcrumb now in the product page becomes as pictured below:

http://www.athenscollectibles.info/i...rumb_error.jpg

Just to clarify that the first right pointing arrow still shows in the error breadcrumb because it comes from the includes/languages/english/my_template/header.php file, where I have changed the following line:

Code:

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define('HEADER_TITLE_BREADCRUMB', '<font color="#0000ff"><a href="index.php">Home</a></font>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="images/design/arrow_right_yellow.gif" height="9" width="9" alt="right" title="" />&nbsp;');

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It is not impossible to handle this issue but it's certainly annoying. Is this a bug?

Thanks in advance for any consideration.