Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 13:20:48 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes <darklogik@pittgoth.com> To: Steven Huwig <sjh13@po.cwru.edu> Cc: freeBSD-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why do we use `` and " Message-ID: <3C2E0980.9020709@pittgoth.com> References: <DE2C2FEF-FC36-11D5-AB78-00039371E6EC@po.cwru.edu>
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Steven Huwig wrote: > > On Friday, December 28, 2001, at 09:28 PM, Tom Rhodes wrote: > >> May I ask why, on much of the online documentation I see opening a >> statement like: >> >> ``this and then closing with" >> >> Is there some formatting logic behind it, or is it just easier to >> understand? Now, if you have a reason on a web page, please refer me >> to it so that I may read it... Thanks for reading me.... >> > > 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. > > Hope this helps, > > Steve > > > Greatly, thanks alot Steve :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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