I import a lot of text from online sources and databases, and often end > up with straight quotation marks. > > Can anyone suggest an efficient search&replace or macro to replace them > all with proper quotation marks (i.e., 66 and 99)?
If your problem is the one familiar to me, then it isn't really a LyX problem, but a sort of geometric one. On the principle that most initial quotes are preceded by a space, but few final ones are, a partial solution is to find and replace, searching for "SPACE + straight quote" and replacing with SPACE plus the left, or initial, quotes you want. The remaining straight quotes will be final or right quotes, and you can search and replace them with proper right hand quotes without worrying about spaces. Obviously some things will fall between the cracks. But perhaps your difficulty is more technical than I am thinking. Best, Michael
