doc: Change straight quotes to curly quotes #811
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In an effort to improve typography in the docs single straight quotes were changed to curly quotes wherever applicable. The reason for using curly quotes instead of straight quotes is explained here[1] [1]: http://practicaltypography.com/straight-and-curly-quotes.html
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The only objection I have to this is the increase in difficulty in contributing to these docs and the difficulty in keeping it consistent. Is there a way we can script this at build time instead? |
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-1 for the reason that |
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@bnoordhuis can you provide an example of this? |
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With screen(1) over ssh, the curly quote gets mangled to a '?' character (screen's way of saying "I don't know how to display this.") |
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What @bnoordhuis said. It's easier to leave text in ASCII space unless necessary. |
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I wasn’t aware about curly quotes not rendering in some terminals. Yeah I agree too it’s better to leave text in ASCII. I’ll close this pull request. |
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@TheWazir Thanks for taking the time to contribute. Hope to see you back soon. :) |
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In an effort to improve typography in the docs single straight
quotes were changed to curly quotes wherever applicable.
The reason for using curly quotes instead of straight quotes is
explained here1