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Re: portability of quote marks
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Doug McIlroy |
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Re: portability of quote marks |
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Sat, 02 Feb 2019 18:30:56 -0500 |
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> I've had occasion to change the left / opening and right / closing quite
> in m4 a few times. I usually change it to a left / opening and right /
> closing bracket / brace, which ever is best for what I'm doing.
Useful feedback. Even "at home" with ASCII m4's left-quote character
causes discomfort. I, too, have changed quotes to < >, which the
editor "sam" regards as paired on a par with () {} []. I'm still
interested to hear how it has been dealt with outside the US,
Doug