From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Minor latex export issue Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:26:55 +0100 Message-ID: <48049119-366E-46C1-9B5F-1FAA75351E77@uva.nl> References: <87fxjn9o3v.fsf@fastmail.fm> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LPBsc-0001mQ-Fb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:22:38 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LPBsa-0001mE-Sd for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:22:37 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=36191 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LPBsa-0001mB-Lk for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:22:36 -0500 Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:15465) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LPBsZ-0006xD-42 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:22:35 -0500 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.174]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LPBfd-0004ac-8C for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:09:13 -0500 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 36so350627uga.17 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:09:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87fxjn9o3v.fsf@fastmail.fm> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Matthew Lundin Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Fixed, thanks. - Carsten On Jan 13, 2009, at 5:17 PM, Matthew Lundin wrote: > > I'm have a *minor* issue to report. It occurs when I export an org > file with footnotes to LaTeX. Specifically, it has to do with the > combination of American style quotation marks and footnotes. > > According to many American manuals of style, quotation marks are to be > placed after a sentence ending period if the quoted passage is at the > end of the sentence. E.g. > > ,---- > | Here is "a quote." > | > | not > | > | Here is "a quote". > `---- > > When I use American style quotation in conjuction with a footnote, > the exporter does not convert the closing quote marks into a two > single quotation marks (i.e., LaTeX smart quotes). > > Thus, the following source snippet: > > ,---- > | This is a footnote "with a quote."[fn:sample] And here is another > | footnote "with a quote".[fn:another] > | > | [fn:sample] Here is the sample footnote. > | > | [fn:another] Another footnote. > `---- > > Becomes > > ,---- > | This is a footnote ``with a quote."\footnote{Here is the sample > | footnote. } And here is another footnote ``with a > | quote''.\footnote{Another footnote. } > `---- > > Notice the double quotation mark (rather than two single apostrophes) > at the end of the first sentence. Notice also the correct quotation > mark format appears in the second sentence, where the period comes > after the quotation mark. > > Obviously, it is simple enough to fix this with a query-replace after > the export, but I thought I'd report the issue nonetheless, as it > interferes with immediate output to PDF. > > Thanks, > > Matt > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode