smart quotes and languages like en-gb

smart quotes and languages like en-gb

[Rasmus]

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Hi,

I have noticed that smart quotes are not picked up for “long” languages,
like “en-gb”, since smart quotes are defined for “short” languages, like
“en”, in org-export-smart-quotes-alist.

The attached patch is an attempt at remedying this.  Not sure if it is the
best fix, though...

Test file:

    #+language: en-gb
    "Foo"

Thanks,
Rasmus

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From 44df143a60e035816bcf5a241631e48b9b0a487a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rasmus Pank Roulund <X260@pank.eu>
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2021 18:41:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] org-export-activate-smart-quotes: Support languages with
 hyphens.

Get smart-quotes from "en" for "#+language: en-gb".
---
 lisp/ox.el | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/ox.el b/lisp/ox.el
index 98c9c1119..6f10112bb 100644
--- a/lisp/ox.el
+++ b/lisp/ox.el
@@ -5688,8 +5688,9 @@ Return the new string."
      (lambda (match)
        (or (plist-get
 	    (cdr (assq (pop quote-status)
-		       (cdr (assoc (plist-get info :language)
-				   org-export-smart-quotes-alist))))
+		       (cdr (cl-assoc (plist-get info :language)
+				      org-export-smart-quotes-alist
+                                      :test (lambda (lang k) (string-match-p k lang))))))
 	    encoding)
 	   match))
      s nil t)))
-- 
2.34.1

Re: smart quotes and languages like en-gb

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Hello,

Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us> writes:

> I have noticed that smart quotes are not picked up for “long” languages,
> like “en-gb”, since smart quotes are defined for “short” languages, like
> “en”, in org-export-smart-quotes-alist.
>
> The attached patch is an attempt at remedying this.  Not sure if it is the
> best fix, though...

IMO, this is a bit of a kludge. 

"oc.el" parses language-region tags already, although it has not been
factored out as an independent function yet. See
`org-cite--get-note-rule'. Maybe moving this part to "org-macs.el" would
be a better solution.

WDYT?

Regards,
-- 
Nicolas Goaziou

Re: smart quotes and languages like en-gb

[Rasmus]

Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:

> Hello,
>
> Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us> writes:
>
>> I have noticed that smart quotes are not picked up for “long” languages,
>> like “en-gb”, since smart quotes are defined for “short” languages, like
>> “en”, in org-export-smart-quotes-alist.
>>
>> The attached patch is an attempt at remedying this.  Not sure if it is the
>> best fix, though...
>
> IMO, this is a bit of a kludge. 
>
> "oc.el" parses language-region tags already, although it has not been
> factored out as an independent function yet. See
> `org-cite--get-note-rule'. Maybe moving this part to "org-macs.el" would
> be a better solution.

The patch is definitely dodgy. E.g. if I have rules for both en-gb and en
the smart quote would depend on the order of ‘org-export-smart-quotes-alist’.

So a better patch is needed, indeed.

Thanks for the reference to the oc function.  I will check it ASAP.

Thanks,
Rasmus

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