Re: Quoted text in markup line

[Mike Kilmer]

Thank you and apologies for inadvertently hijacking a thread.

Peace.

> On Dec 27, 2019, at 11:55 AM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
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> Mike Kilmer <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> Not finding an example in the docs 
>> <http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/writing-text>.
>> 
>> Can someone tell me how to include “quoted text” in `\markup { \line { 
>> \”like this\”? }}`?
>> 
>> \version "2.18.2"
>> 
>> \header {
>>      title = "Quotes in Markup Line"
>> }
>> 
>> 
>> \markup {
>>    \column {
>>        \line { \null }
>>        \line { Single quotes are easy, like 'this'. }
>>        \line { I want double quotes. }
>>        \line { This creates no "quotes". }
>>              \line { This doesn't \"Work\".  }
>>              \line { Neither does `"this`".  }
>>              \line { This makes a ‘“little mess'".  }
>>    }
>> }
>> 
>> Thanks much. Happy Holidays. The days are getting lighter.
> 
> \line { This does "\"work\"." }
> 
> Bit of a nuisance, but within double quotes, \" creates a double quote mark.
> 
> -- 
> David Kastrup