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That's really informative! Funnily enough, I picked up the habit of using graves for my opening quotes from working with old Unix software like ELisp without a
by autumn-antlers 3y ago
That's really informative!
Funnily enough, I picked up the habit of using graves for my opening quotes from working with old Unix software like ELisp without any context. I think it's a fine practice, particularly when used as markup that's transformed into curly-quotes on the user-faceing side, and it's even seeped into my handwriting as exaggerated opening quotes. I'll still draw nice curly quotes or mirrored ticks when writing neatly, but for sloppy writing and markdown alike, I find the clear distinction between opening and closing delimiters to be more readable than using just single quotes. On this, reasonable minds may differ c:
Thanks for sharing!
- Timwi 3y ago> I find the clear distinction between opening and closing delimiters to be more readable than using just single quotes. The correct characters to use are ‘/“ and ’/”. There is a clear distinction between opening and closing delimiters. I think you're falling for a false dilemma brought on by outdated software that is limited to ASCII (i.e., stuck in the 1960s).