Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> schrieb am Fr., 14. Juli 2017 um 14:49 Uhr:

> > Currently electric-quote-mode only replaces ' and `.  I propose that
> > it also replace " with a left double quote after spaces, newlines, and
> > open parentheses, and with a right double quote after alphanumerics and
> > other punctuation.
>
> This sounds reasonable, though I suppose it should be controlled by an
> option,
> since some people may prefer the current behavior where `` and '' are the
> only
> convenient ways to get curved double quotes.
>
> Also, shouldn't it always replace " with a curved quote of one flavor of
> the
> other? I'm puzzled as to why one would want " to stay straight, when the
> option
> is enabled.
>
>
>
OK, here's a patch.