Re: [O] Quotes not being converted correctly for LaTeX export

[Jambunathan K]

Suvayu Ali <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi Jambunathan and others,
>
> On Fri, Mar 08, 2013 at 11:03:39PM +0530, Jambunathan K wrote:
>> Suvayu Ali <address@hidden> writes:
>> >
>> > It seems double and single quotes are not being exported properly for
>> > LaTeX export.  In a minimal Org instance, the following
>> >
>> >   * Test
>> >   "Orange box"
>> >   'Orange box'
>> >
>> > is exported as
>> >
>> >   \section[Testing]{Testing}
>> >   \label{sec-1}
>> >   "Orange box"
>> >   'Orange box'
>> >
>> > whereas I would expect the following
>> >
>> >   \section[Testing]{Testing}
>> >   \label{sec-1}
>> >   ``Orange box''
>> >   `Orange box'
>> 
>> #+OPTIONS: ':t
>> 
>> ,----[ C-h v org-export-with-smart-quotes RET ]
>
> [...]
>
> Thanks for pointing this out, but I still think this is a bug for LaTeX
> export.  Quoting as ".." produces incorrect output in LaTeX, the correct
> forms are `..' or ``..''.  This is even more important if you are
> writing in a language that uses umlauts, and the situation can get
> confusing as the character " is used to specify umlauts.
>
> This is worth a thought since the old exporter did it right without any
> special settings.

I get GRAVE ACCENT and APOSTROPHE.  You are requesting the exact same
chars.  I am copy pasting from my latex buffer here.  

``Orange box''
`Orange box'