Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 11:47:05 +0100 From: Julio Merino <juli@merino.net> To: freeBSD-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why do we use `` and " Message-ID: <20011229104705.GD322@klamath.local> In-Reply-To: <DE2C2FEF-FC36-11D5-AB78-00039371E6EC@po.cwru.edu> References: <3C2D2A52.4050806@pittgoth.com> <DE2C2FEF-FC36-11D5-AB78-00039371E6EC@po.cwru.edu>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 03:34:26AM -0500, Steven Huwig wrote: > > On Friday, December 28, 2001, at 09:28 PM, Tom Rhodes wrote: > > > Looks like LaTeX to me (possibly TeX as well). Check out the example at > the bottom of http://www-h.eng.cam.ac.uk/help/tpl/textprocessing/ > > In a nutshell, TeX renders `` as open-curly-quote and " as > close-curly-quote. This behavior irks me sometimes, as I'm accustomed to > "smart-quotes" in word processors, and hence my LaTeX documents often > have words in between two close-curly-quotes. Hum... when I write LaTeX, I use `` and '', as emacs substitutes it... > > Hope this helps, > > Steve > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message -- La ignorancia es la felicidad. Julio Merino (Slink) <juli@merino.net> [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8LZ8pzz00ZOPKycwRAouUAKCFkC74jOxwiV8B8QdjPJ2eNzHBBACdGVb/ 1l8rTAVD15T/cuHB/tKPyYI= =0l/o -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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