* Tim Rühsen: > On 12/5/19 4:12 PM, Wes Hurd wrote: >> Hi, >> >> It seems GNUlib quote encoding goes to Unicode smart quotes, which causes >> command-line program output to be in smart quotes. >> Smart quotes are dangerous for programmers and technical users, and should >> be avoided in program output. >> >> Originally noticed with wget - >> https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?57356#comment1 >> >> Can you change it to use only regular typed " quotes , at least with STDOUT >> / STDERR ? > > All the GNU tools support localization. And there seems to be some kind > of inconsistency. > > > $ LANGUAGE=de cp > cp: Fehlender Dateioperand > „cp --help“ liefert weitere Informationen. > > > $ LANGUAGE=de wget > wget: URL fehlt > Aufruf: wget [OPTION]... [URL] … > > »wget --help« gibt weitere Informationen. > > > Which one is correct ?
Both are, for Germany and Austria. »« quotes are in Latin-1, which once was a decisive advantage. On the other hand, »« used to be restricted to professional typesetting. In Switzerland, «» are used instead of »« quotes, if I recall correctly. Thanks, Florian
