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24.0.50; French quotation marks used in a German manner in tex-mode

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Message #8 received at 5862 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Freenet.DE>
Cc: 5862 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5862: 24.0.50;
	French quotation marks used in a German manner in tex-mode
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 22:48:42 -0400

> Here the Frech quotes are used in a German manner, i.e., » starts the
> quotation and « ends it. Maybe it's better when this mode tries to
> determine which quotation mark comes first instead of assuming that
> «  always comes first, followed
> by a final ». http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark,_non-English_usage
> gives some explanation and examples.

I think we should simply not try to pair them up at all.


        Stefan

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