Smart Punctuation #
Smart punctuation performs the following text transformations:
- Straight quotes ( " and ’ ) into “curly” quote HTML entities
- Backticks-style quotes (``like this’’) into “curly” quote HTML entities
- Dashes ("–" and “—”) into en- and em-dash entities
- Three consecutive dots ("…") into an ellipsis entity
Configuration #
Must be enabled in configuration (default):
[output.html]
+smart-punctuation = true
Example of smart punctuation #
“This is a curly quote”
Representation in Markdown #
- Straight quotes ( " and ' ) into “curly” quote HTML entities
- Backticks-style quotes (``like this'') into “curly” quote HTML entities
- Dashes (“--” and “---”) into en- and em-dash entities
- Three consecutive dots (“...”) into an ellipsis entity
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