Re: [icon-users] Smart quotes.
- From: Richard Ashbery <riscos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: icon-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:38:26 +0000 (GMT)
In article <mpro.miwmix000c6h105mw.lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Martin
Wuerthner <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Richard Ashbery <riscos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > In article <380-2201323270579452@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > stewy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <stewy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > If you press the ' key three times in rapid succession, then
> > > you get an unsexed quote even with smart quotes switched on.
> >
> > > One press gives you a smart quote. The second gives you a
> > > double smart quote. The third gives you an unsexed quote.
> >
> > Care is required here. With EasiWriter's default triple pressing
> > the [ ` ] key (equivalent to Smart-quote-open) will give you [ `
> > ] not [ ' ].
> True, but it should not be too surprising that you get [ ` ] when
> you press the [ ` ] key. If you press the [ ' ] key three times,
> which is the much more logical choice, you do get [ ' ].
Sorry Martin - I realised my mistake after posting. Of course you
would press the [ ' ] key three times in rapid succession to get a
single quote.
Richard
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