On 2010-03-31, rgheck wrote:
> On 03/31/2010 06:10 PM, Rodrigo Fresneda wrote:
>> Hi lyx-users,
>> whenever I use double quotes " in lyx, I get instead the expression
>> \textquotedbl{} in the plain latex file. Strangely enough, lyx does not
>> translate \textquotedbl{} to " if I attempt to import the tex file.
>> This behavior does not affect latex compilation, but it does strain my
>> collaborations with scientific workplace users.
>> Why doesn't lyx simply export " to "?
Because in some languages " is an "active character" (similar to
\) and hence it's saver to export it as \textquotedbl{}.
> You are talking about the " character, which is not a double quote at
> all.
Well, why then would TeX call it \textquotedbl ?
> Rather, it is the "inch" character, or something of the sort.
No. Unicode says
Character '"' (34, 0x22)
0022 QUOTATION MARK
* neutral (vertical), used as opening or closing quotation mark
* preferred characters in English for paired quotation marks are
201C & 201D
it is related but not the same as
x (modifier letter double prime - 02BA)
x (combining double acute accent - 030B)
x (combining double vertical line above - 030E)
x (double prime - 2033)
x (ditto mark - 3003)
and it's also *not*
2033 DOUBLE PRIME
= seconds, inches
Günter
