Re: Conversion of apostrophe in texi to PDF (was Re: Typos in LM)

[Reinhold Kainhofer]

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Am Dienstag, 14. Oktober 2008 schrieb Trevor Daniels:
> > p. 13 (pdf version; section 2.1.2). There's a place where \relative c'
> > has a "smart" single quote after the c.  It's where the text says "By
> > adding (or removing) quotes ' or commas , from the \relative c' {..."
> > [right there's the smart quote, which looks funny when they're straight
> > everywhere else]
>
> You're right, this is wrong in the pdf version, but
> it's right in both the html version and the .itely
> source.  So it seems it is being converted incorrectly.
> It appears in an unusual construct: @address@hidden c' @{}}
> so I could try changing this to something more common
> which I know works, 

It seems that texi2pdf replaces all single quotes by a smart right quote. Even 
if you use it inside @code{c'}, you'll not get a ' but a curved one :(

See also the texinfo manual:
http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/texinfo/texinfo.html#Inserting-Quote-Characters

So, it's documented that also inside @code smart quotes are used...

My feeling, however, is that inside a @code or @verbatim environment, no smart 
quote replacements should be made by default. I suppose this is a general 
problem in texi2pdf, so you might be best off by sending this to the texinfo 
bug list: address@hidden

Cheers,
Reinhold
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