Ciao PMario The sounds like a good approach. Country variants are not infinite, though some can use several different styles in the same text ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark#Summary_table
As an interim solution I'm using ... http://skplugins.tiddlyspot.com/#%24%3A%2Fplugins%2Fsk%2FFancyQuotes This is basically auto search and replace--so changes are hard-coded rather than dynamic on render. Best wishes TT On Monday, 24 February 2020 20:30:16 UTC+1, PMario wrote: > > On Monday, February 24, 2020 at 7:29:40 PM UTC+1, TiddlyTweeter wrote: > > Quotes are variant by (1) context; (2) culture. >> > > I think (1) context is the problem. As I wrote, my FF does it right. > ...partially... because as an author I want to be able to control it in a > simple way. > > eg: I'd like to have some rules > > - a) text editing must be simple > - b) global setting ... for real prose text in 1 language > - c) per tiddler ... eg: for documentation. It needs to be possible to > create English wikitext, that describes German quotes and vice versa > > ------------ Global setting > > The global setting could be done in the ControlPanel : SmartQuotes > definition table > - Double quote start: x > - Double quote end: y > - Single ... > - > > ------------- Per Tiddler > > The per-tiddler setting could be defined as a pragma \smartquotes de-DE > „…“ ‚…‘ »…« ›…‹ > > The text would use, what's part of the keyboard. ... Different keyboards > have different possibilities! eg. my German keyborad setting doesn't offer > any of the above characters. So I'd use "text" as wikitext. > > > ------- per input ??? > > Not sure, how this can be implemented in a sensible way. ... I personally > would want an editor-toolbar button, that lists the elements from the > \smartquotes setting, so they can be directly used. > > > just some thoughts > mario > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/cf66ded9-6099-4c37-a101-fae685dc4e7a%40googlegroups.com.
