From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alan Stein Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Problems with Smart Quotes and other special characters Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 18:26:57 GMT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1040582017 2193 80.91.224.249 (22 Dec 2002 18:33:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 18:33:37 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18QAsI-0000St-00 for ; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 19:30:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18QArr-0003C4-0A for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 13:30:27 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.stealth.net!news.stealth.net!prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr10.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 11 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.252.13.210 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net Original-X-Trace: newssvr10.news.prodigy.com 1040581617 ST000 64.252.13.210 (Sun, 22 Dec 2002 13:26:57 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 13:26:57 EST X-UserInfo1: Q[OQBYJGAJWABQH]]RHNO\LI[B]NQHYILA]T]_MIJQR@EPIB_VUKAH_[MTX\IS[K[NGYJJFNOFZR_G[BUNTAOQLFE^TEHRPI]PZZRP_BMDSFQFL_]CBHXRWCMDCUZAZN@D_AKMNLEI]MWHCSXL^]NNC__CZFGSGHYYXWPFG@SCAVA]\FT\@B\RDGENSUQS^M Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:108418 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:4947 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:4947 Using emacs under the Terminal with OSX, I've found the display gets messed up when I try to paste text from Microsoft Word with "Smart Quotes" and other special characters like hyphens and formatting instructions (like bold or italics) in them. I've found myself pasting into TextEdit instead and removing the smart quotes and other problematic characters I find. I know there should be a way of dealing with them from within emacs. Anyone know how? -- Alan Stein a.stein@snet.net How long will we pretend Yasser Arafat isn't a terrorist?