Am 28.11.21 um 11:32 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context:
On 11/27/2021 9:48 PM, Aditya Mahajan via ntg-context wrote:
I am not opposed to remove 8bit TeX hacks. I was simply objecting for removing the apostrophe mapping. For example, you used it in the sentence above (in “don't”)! english quotes have hyjacked dutch quotes so long ago i already gave up on caring too much ...
It’s not English vs. Dutch (or any other language) but keyboard layout limitations from the typewriter era vs. typography.
" and ' are wrong in English, too. sure, i know that, but i was more refering to the fact that the visual rendering (even publisher specs) became 'use the english ones', shape and location wise (high/low) .. the dutch seem to care less about it
On 11/28/2021 11:44 AM, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context wrote: than germans, french, czech etc (same for positioning of quotes) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------