On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 4:09 AM, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> there are a lot of environments where smart quotes get > accidentally inserted into code. > > * Tutorial/example material prepared by non-programmers, again using > tools that are too "helpful" in auto-converting to smart quotes. > indeed -- I once id a whole set of python class slides in LaTeX -- really nice format, etc.... but in teh process from LaTeX to PDF, I ended up with stuff that looked like Code, but if you copy and pasted it the quotes were wrong -- but only sometimes -- I got pretty used to fixing it, but still was symied once in a while,a nd it was pretty painful for my students... I think the "better error message" option is the way to go, however. At least until we all have better Unicode support in all our tools.... -CHB -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov
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