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What's the Difference between Two Single-Quotes and One Double-Quote?
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As you would know, LaTeX uses ` for opening quotes and ' for closing quotes. Most fonts also allow the usage of " for closing doublequotes. My question is: what are the differences in typesetting, formatting, etx, between two 's and one "? Is it a meaningful difference like using dollar-signs against using backslash-notations? Or is it just a personal preference thing for the same function?
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asked May 26 at 14:39
K. PaulK. Paul
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As you would know, LaTeX uses ` for opening quotes and ' for closing quotes. Most fonts also allow the usage of " for closing doublequotes. My question is: what are the differences in typesetting, formatting, etx, between two 's and one "? Is it a meaningful difference like using dollar-signs against using backslash-notations? Or is it just a personal preference thing for the same function?
symbols
asked May 26 at 14:39
K. PaulK. Paul
336218
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My editor automatically converts"to either `` or''(it keeps track). This is occasionally a pain when you NEED a"(for pgfmath or filenames), in which case I have to copy and paste from another document.
– John Kormylo
May 26 at 15:45
@JohnKormylo If your editor is Emacs, you can use ctrl-q to make it interpret the next character literally. If your editor isn't Emacs, you can probably type"and then delete the slash.
– David Richerby
May 27 at 10:47
@DavidRicherby are there other editors? you can also just type a second"which undoes the smart quotes and enters a literal"in auctex
– David Carlisle
May 28 at 20:18
add a comment |
As you would know, LaTeX uses ` for opening quotes and ' for closing quotes. Most fonts also allow the usage of " for closing doublequotes. My question is: what are the differences in typesetting, formatting, etx, between two 's and one "? Is it a meaningful difference like using dollar-signs against using backslash-notations? Or is it just a personal preference thing for the same function?
symbols
asked May 26 at 14:39
K. PaulK. Paul
336218
As you would know, LaTeX uses ` for opening quotes and ' for closing quotes. Most fonts also allow the usage of " for closing doublequotes. My question is: what are the differences in typesetting, formatting, etx, between two 's and one "? Is it a meaningful difference like using dollar-signs against using backslash-notations? Or is it just a personal preference thing for the same function?
symbols
symbols
asked May 26 at 14:39
K. PaulK. Paul
336218
asked May 26 at 14:39
K. PaulK. Paul
336218
asked May 26 at 14:39
K. PaulK. Paul
336218
asked May 26 at 14:39
K. PaulK. Paul
336218
asked May 26 at 14:39
K. PaulK. Paul
336218
336218
2
My editor automatically converts"to either `` or''(it keeps track). This is occasionally a pain when you NEED a"(for pgfmath or filenames), in which case I have to copy and paste from another document.
– John Kormylo
May 26 at 15:45
@JohnKormylo If your editor is Emacs, you can use ctrl-q to make it interpret the next character literally. If your editor isn't Emacs, you can probably type"and then delete the slash.
– David Richerby
May 27 at 10:47
@DavidRicherby are there other editors? you can also just type a second"which undoes the smart quotes and enters a literal"in auctex
– David Carlisle
May 28 at 20:18
add a comment |
2
My editor automatically converts"to either `` or''(it keeps track). This is occasionally a pain when you NEED a"(for pgfmath or filenames), in which case I have to copy and paste from another document.
– John Kormylo
May 26 at 15:45
@JohnKormylo If your editor is Emacs, you can use ctrl-q to make it interpret the next character literally. If your editor isn't Emacs, you can probably type"and then delete the slash.
– David Richerby
May 27 at 10:47
@DavidRicherby are there other editors? you can also just type a second"which undoes the smart quotes and enters a literal"in auctex
– David Carlisle
May 28 at 20:18
2
2
My editor automatically converts
" to either `` or '' (it keeps track). This is occasionally a pain when you NEED a " (for pgfmath or filenames), in which case I have to copy and paste from another document.– John Kormylo
May 26 at 15:45
My editor automatically converts
" to either `` or '' (it keeps track). This is occasionally a pain when you NEED a " (for pgfmath or filenames), in which case I have to copy and paste from another document.– John Kormylo
May 26 at 15:45
@JohnKormylo If your editor is Emacs, you can use ctrl-q to make it interpret the next character literally. If your editor isn't Emacs, you can probably type
" and then delete the slash.– David Richerby
May 27 at 10:47
@JohnKormylo If your editor is Emacs, you can use ctrl-q to make it interpret the next character literally. If your editor isn't Emacs, you can probably type
" and then delete the slash.– David Richerby
May 27 at 10:47
@DavidRicherby are there other editors? you can also just type a second
" which undoes the smart quotes and enters a literal " in auctex– David Carlisle
May 28 at 20:18
@DavidRicherby are there other editors? you can also just type a second
" which undoes the smart quotes and enters a literal " in auctex– David Carlisle
May 28 at 20:18
add a comment |
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The " is not supported LaTeX syntax, it happens to work in some font encodings. As it is not (supposed) to be used as character input it is often used as a shortcut character in many babel package and other language settings eg "- as a variant hyphenation construct not suppressing hyphenation of the following word.
If " does produce a double quote Then it (should) be a straight left-or-right quote, it is just an accident of the legacy TeX encodings that the right double quote was in that position. If you want single character input it is better to use the standard Unicode left and right double quote characters U+201C U+201D “ ”
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The " is not supported LaTeX syntax, it happens to work in some font encodings. As it is not (supposed) to be used as character input it is often used as a shortcut character in many babel package and other language settings eg "- as a variant hyphenation construct not suppressing hyphenation of the following word.
If " does produce a double quote Then it (should) be a straight left-or-right quote, it is just an accident of the legacy TeX encodings that the right double quote was in that position. If you want single character input it is better to use the standard Unicode left and right double quote characters U+201C U+201D “ ”
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The " is not supported LaTeX syntax, it happens to work in some font encodings. As it is not (supposed) to be used as character input it is often used as a shortcut character in many babel package and other language settings eg "- as a variant hyphenation construct not suppressing hyphenation of the following word.
If " does produce a double quote Then it (should) be a straight left-or-right quote, it is just an accident of the legacy TeX encodings that the right double quote was in that position. If you want single character input it is better to use the standard Unicode left and right double quote characters U+201C U+201D “ ”
answered May 26 at 14:49
David CarlisleDavid Carlisle
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The " is not supported LaTeX syntax, it happens to work in some font encodings. As it is not (supposed) to be used as character input it is often used as a shortcut character in many babel package and other language settings eg "- as a variant hyphenation construct not suppressing hyphenation of the following word.
If " does produce a double quote Then it (should) be a straight left-or-right quote, it is just an accident of the legacy TeX encodings that the right double quote was in that position. If you want single character input it is better to use the standard Unicode left and right double quote characters U+201C U+201D “ ”
answered May 26 at 14:49
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The " is not supported LaTeX syntax, it happens to work in some font encodings. As it is not (supposed) to be used as character input it is often used as a shortcut character in many babel package and other language settings eg "- as a variant hyphenation construct not suppressing hyphenation of the following word.
If " does produce a double quote Then it (should) be a straight left-or-right quote, it is just an accident of the legacy TeX encodings that the right double quote was in that position. If you want single character input it is better to use the standard Unicode left and right double quote characters U+201C U+201D “ ”
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My editor automatically converts
"to either `` or''(it keeps track). This is occasionally a pain when you NEED a"(for pgfmath or filenames), in which case I have to copy and paste from another document.– John Kormylo
May 26 at 15:45
@JohnKormylo If your editor is Emacs, you can use ctrl-q to make it interpret the next character literally. If your editor isn't Emacs, you can probably type
"and then delete the slash.– David Richerby
May 27 at 10:47
@DavidRicherby are there other editors? you can also just type a second
"which undoes the smart quotes and enters a literal"in auctex– David Carlisle
May 28 at 20:18