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German quotes are broken #3

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marekdedic opened this issue Apr 1, 2017 · 2 comments
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German quotes are broken #3

marekdedic opened this issue Apr 1, 2017 · 2 comments

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@marekdedic
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marekdedic commented Apr 1, 2017

In german (and a few other languages) the correct way to display (double) quotes is such that the first quotes are on the bottom like this : ,,text" (I am using commas here, but it shouldn't be commas...) . This utility breaks that by replacing "text" by ``text'' and so the quotes are always on the top.

Suggested solution: replace "text" by \enquote{text}. This solution needs the csquotes package, but quotes are then automatically rendered correctly based on the language settings in the document (babel or polyglossia).

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cebe commented Apr 4, 2017

Commas are not the correct quotes to use but "` and "' should be used instead. see https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anf%C3%BChrungszeichen#Kodierung
These might still get broken by the implementation though, have not tested it.

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marekdedic commented Apr 6, 2017

No, no, I meant I am using commas here in Github issues because you can't do proper german quotes here :)
I know about the "` and "' option, but that would make it so there are german quotes for everyone. the \enquote{} command does english or german quotes based on your languge settings

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