Re: [Docutils-develop] Re: LaTeX/PDF critique

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On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Simon Budig wrote:

> gr...@us... (gr...@us...) wrote:
> > On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, David Goodger wrote:
> > > * Since TeX uses curly quotes (which it expresses ``thusly''), perhaps
> > >   the LaTeX writer could convert regular double-quotes to TeX-style
> > >   quotes?  Or can TeX/LaTeX do that automatically?  Currently all
> > >   double-quotes look like (just blur your eyes a bit ;)::
> > >
> > >       99    99
> > >         this
> > >
> > >   whereas they should look like this::
> > >
> > >       66    99
> > >         this
> > >
> > >   If it's not feasible to get proper curly quotes, then the Writer
> > >   should use straight quotes.  Better to be ugly (straight quotes)
> > >   than wrong (bad curlies).
> >
> > is in the todo (latex2e-README.txt (someday i wipe my sand/dustbox))
>
> Whee! Typographically correct quotes!
>
> I'd just like to point out, that this is something that differs a bit
> in different languages. In Germany the following is used:
>
>                  66
>             this
>          99

should work in the last cvs (maybe a week or so).

> Also there are the options
>
>           >> this <<    (german)
>
> and       << this >>    (french IIRC)

should be possible to be done similar than the quotes. but this means
we sooner or later start parsing the text. up to now the writer just
did markups. (just to note)

whatfore are the << bracketts used typographically i mean.

> It would be *very* cool if one could select this somehow.  :-)

selection should be automatic (IMHO) by -l de for german.

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