I can't seem to find a way to typeset the following text correctly: "The word was `foo,'" he said.
The default result is: ...foo,<right double quote><small space><right single quote> I'll include the entire lyx file at the end of this note, but the bit corresponding to the quote marks is: The word was `foo,' \begin_inset Quotes erd \end_inset which looks correct to me, so I don't know if I'm running into a TeX problem, or a LaTeX problem, or something within LyX. I've tried using two single quote marks in place of the double quote (that is, a string of three single quote characters), with the same result. I've tried putting a ligature break, or an ERT \null, between the single and the double quote characters, both of which produce three closely-spaced right single quote marks. For test purposes, I've tried omitting the comma, as well as changing the language to American (There doesn't seem to be a language setting in the quote-style portion of the Layout box, just the various style selections, and the \quotes_language in the lyx file remains english no matter what I set in the Edit->Preferences->Language section). The only mention of kerning hacking I find in the TeX FAQ points to the letterspace and soul packages, and the best I can get with either of them is: <right single quote><space><ordinary quote> because apparently ERT double quotes are neither left nor right. This single/double quote situation is handled correctly on the left side of things; it seems to only be a problem on the right. Can someone point me to a workaround? Thanks, Jim The complete lyx looks like this: #LyX 1.3 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/ \lyxformat 221 \textclass article \language english \inputencoding default \fontscheme default \graphics default \paperfontsize default \spacing single \papersize Default \paperpackage a4 \use_geometry 1 \use_amsmath 0 \use_natbib 0 \use_numerical_citations 0 \paperorientation portrait \topmargin 0.25in \bottommargin 0.625in \secnumdepth 3 \tocdepth 3 \paragraph_separation skip \defskip medskip \quotes_language english \quotes_times 2 \papercolumns 1 \papersides 1 \paperpagestyle default \layout Standard \begin_inset Quotes eld \end_inset The word was `foo,' \begin_inset Quotes erd \end_inset he said. \the_end
