[PLUG] stupid circumflex a from M$ Word cut-and-paste into vi

m0gely m0gely at gmail.com
Tue Dec 2 06:33:17 UTC 2008


wes wrote:

> What do they do when you paste them into Notepad? In my experience, the
> "smart" quotes are automagically converted into normal ones.

In my experience they never have. I just did a quick test which 
confirmed it. My preferred text editor in Windows is TextPad and the 
same thing occurs there. The opening and closing quote marks are the 
same and must be replaced.

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- m0gely



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