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> I could be interesting, but keep in mind that no matter how "smart" your
> quotes are, they will fail in some situations. So, it will have to be
> optional for export, independently on their in-buffer status.
>
> The OPTIONS keyword may be used, with q:t and q:nil items.

I don't see an entry for this in `org-export-options-alist'.  So I
believe you are soliciting opinion on a fresh addition.

>> (I'm looking forward to HTML and ODT exporters that can do smart
>> quotes; the straight quotes are really the main jarring things about
>> using Org as a lightweight markup and exporting into something
>> fancier)
>
> A function, provided in org-export, could help changing dumb quotes into
> smart quotes in plain text. Then, it would be easier for back-ends to
> provide the feature, if they wanted to.

I can use it, if made available.  I think, It will be help if we force
all exporters to produce utf-8 files.
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