Keeping the prime/inch symbols? (smart quotes problem)

MarcAurel · Post by **MarcAurel** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:14 pm

I am using LyX and XeTeX. I do like the fact that quotes get automatically converted to smart quotes. There is only one problem:

Sometimes the conversion takes place when it shouldn't such as in height measurements like: 6'2''. How do I get LyX/XeTeX to keep the prime and inch mark (which is just a double prime if I am not mistaken)?

I seem to be unable to figure it out.

One idea I had was inserting the unicode via ERT, but I can't quite figure out how.

(BTW, the hex-unicode for the prime is "0x2032".)

I appreciate your help.

Thank you very much!

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Post by **Stefan Kottwitz** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:29 pm

Hi,

with LyX you could go to the main menu and select Insert/ Special Character and choose ordinary or single quote there.

Stefan

MarcAurel · Post by **MarcAurel** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:35 pm

Stefan_K wrote:Hi,

with LyX you could go to the main menu and select Insert/ Special Character and choose ordinary or single quote there.

Stefan

Hi,

thanks for your reply. I have just tried it but XeTeX converts those characters to smart quotes in the PDF output. Is there another way around?

frabjous · Post by **frabjous** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 5:10 pm

I know nothing about LyX, but with normal LaTeX, you have a few options:

Math mode: e.g., $10''$ or $a^\prime$.
Commands like \textquotedbl (with T1 encoding) or \textquotesingle (from the textcomp package).

There are probably other options, too.

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