Re: [O] Bug: Exporting smart single quotes in Org 8.3 seems broken [8.3.2 (8.3.2-elpa @ /Users/jonathan/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20150929/)]

Hello, Suvayu Ali writes: > It feels wrong as these are not English words, or phrases, but strings > with context dependent special meaning. In my case, these are action > keys in my organisation denoting specific processes. > > I also found this English.SX answer:

Re: [O] Bug: Exporting smart single quotes in Org 8.3 seems broken [8.3.2 (8.3.2-elpa @ /Users/jonathan/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20150929/)]

Hi Nicolas, On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 03:29:09PM +0200, Nicolas Goaziou wrote: > Hello, > > Suvayu Ali writes: > > > Sorry about resuming an old thread, but how would I go about quoting > > special characters? I need to quote strings like ' > Using

Re: [O] Bug: Exporting smart single quotes in Org 8.3 seems broken [8.3.2 (8.3.2-elpa @ /Users/jonathan/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20150929/)]

Hello, Suvayu Ali writes: > Sorry about resuming an old thread, but how would I go about quoting > special characters? I need to quote strings like ' Using double quotes here seems wrong. Why does it seem wrong? Regards, -- Nicolas Goaziou

Re: [O] Bug: Exporting smart single quotes in Org 8.3 seems broken [8.3.2 (8.3.2-elpa @ /Users/jonathan/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20150929/)]

Hello everyone, It's been a while, I still use Org, just not active on mailing lists. On Sat, Oct 03, 2015 at 09:30:02AM +0200, Nicolas Goaziou wrote: > Rasmus writes: > > > Nicolas Goaziou writes: > >> Also, I think it would be clearer to rename

Re: [O] Bug: Exporting smart single quotes in Org 8.3 seems broken [8.3.2 (8.3.2-elpa @ /Users/jonathan/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20150929/)]

Just a note that British-English often uses quotes the same way as the US.  It is only in books that we use single outer quotes.  Newspapers and the BBC often use double quotes.  Headlines however use single quotes, though here they could just be typed manually.

Re: [O] Bug: Exporting smart single quotes in Org 8.3 seems broken [8.3.2 (8.3.2-elpa @ /Users/jonathan/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20150929/)]

Hi, lipidic man writes: > Just a note that British-English often uses quotes the same way as the US.  > It is only in books that we use single outer quotes.  Newspapers and the BBC > often use double quotes.  Headlines however use single quotes, though here > they could

Re: [O] Bug: Exporting smart single quotes in Org 8.3 seems broken [8.3.2 (8.3.2-elpa @ /Users/jonathan/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20150929/)]

Hello, Rasmus writes: > lipidic man writes: > >> Also, how should the user handle things like 36"?  > > Funnily, for "en-us" and "en-gb", this is exported as ’36"’. For "en", > it’s exported as "36``", which I guess is wrong. This is not a quote but a

Re: [O] Bug: Exporting smart single quotes in Org 8.3 seems broken [8.3.2 (8.3.2-elpa @ /Users/jonathan/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20150929/)]

Rasmus writes: > Nicolas Goaziou writes: >> Also, I think it would be clearer to rename `opening-double-quote' to >> `opening-primary-quote' and `opening-single-quote' to >> `opening-secondary-quote'. WDYT? > > In fact, I thought they needed renaming as

[O] Bug: Exporting smart single quotes in Org 8.3 seems broken [8.3.2 (8.3.2-elpa @ /Users/jonathan/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20150929/)]

Hello Org folks, (This is a duplicate of a Stackexchange question posted at http://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/17061/is-exporting-of-smart-single-quotes-broken-in-org-8-3) I cannot seem get single quotes to export as 'smart' quotes under Org 8.3.2. Here is a minimal file that reproduces

Re: [O] Bug: Exporting smart single quotes in Org 8.3 seems broken [8.3.2 (8.3.2-elpa @ /Users/jonathan/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20150929/)]

Hello Nicolas, > The smart quotes algorithm changed. Now "..." are always level 1 quotes, > and '...' and always level 2. IOW, '...' are not treated as smart quotes > if they are not located within "...". > > Note that for a given language, "..." can still be treated as single > quotes and '...'

Re: [O] Bug: Exporting smart single quotes in Org 8.3 seems broken [8.3.2 (8.3.2-elpa @ /Users/jonathan/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20150929/)]

Hello, Jonathan Oddie writes: > (This is a duplicate of a Stackexchange question posted at > http://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/17061/is-exporting-of-smart-single-quotes-broken-in-org-8-3) > > I cannot seem get single quotes to export as 'smart' quotes under Org >

Re: [O] Bug: Exporting smart single quotes in Org 8.3 seems broken [8.3.2 (8.3.2-elpa @ /Users/jonathan/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20150929/)]

Jonathan Oddie writes: > Thank you for the explanation. Just to make sure I understand: it > sounds like '...' and "..." should be thought of as markup, with "..." > always used for outer quotes and '...' for inner quotes in org-mode > source files. > > However, I could

Re: [O] Bug: Exporting smart single quotes in Org 8.3 seems broken [8.3.2 (8.3.2-elpa @ /Users/jonathan/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20150929/)]

Jonathan Oddie writes: > Hello Nicolas, > > Thanks for your response. > >>> However, I could customize `org-export-smart-quotes-alist' to export >>> outer quotes using single quote marks and inner quotes using double >>> quote marks. >>> >>> Is that about right? >> >>

Re: [O] Bug: Exporting smart single quotes in Org 8.3 seems broken [8.3.2 (8.3.2-elpa @ /Users/jonathan/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20150929/)]

Hello Nicolas, Thanks for your response. >> However, I could customize `org-export-smart-quotes-alist' to export >> outer quotes using single quote marks and inner quotes using double >> quote marks. >> >> Is that about right? > > Correct. However, `org-export-smart-quotes-alist' aims to be >

Re: [O] Bug: Exporting smart single quotes in Org 8.3 seems broken [8.3.2 (8.3.2-elpa @ /Users/jonathan/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20150929/)]

Nicolas Goaziou writes: > Also, I think it would be clearer to rename `opening-double-quote' to > `opening-primary-quote' and `opening-single-quote' to > `opening-secondary-quote'. WDYT? In fact, I thought they needed renaming as well in light of the redefinition of " and

Re: [O] Bug: Exporting smart single quotes in Org 8.3 seems broken [8.3.2 (8.3.2-elpa @ /Users/jonathan/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20150929/)]

Rasmus writes: > Jonathan Oddie writes: > >> Hello Nicolas, >> >> Thanks for your response. >> However, I could customize `org-export-smart-quotes-alist' to export outer quotes using single quote marks and inner quotes using double quote marks.