Get unicode output for quotation marks

Guenter Milde milde at users.sf.net
Tue Apr 7 16:14:30 UTC 2020


On 2020-04-07, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:

> [-- Type: text/plain, Encoding: quoted-printable --]

> Am Dienstag, den 07.04.2020, 06:39 +0000 schrieb Guenter Milde:
>> Why not using Unicode literals generally, 
>> converting them with "unicodesymbols" if literals are not supported?

> We've had this discussion more than once. Please consult the (lyx-
> devel) archives why literal quote chars are inferior to quote insets,
> particularly if we try to extend support eventually (think csquotes,
> quote balancing check, etc.).

> I won't go into this discussion any more.

Sorry for not beeing clear: I see the advantages of the quote inset and do
not want to replace them.

Instead my suggestion is to let the quote inset write literal characters
instead of macros or ligatures whenever possible.

Günter



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