Am 11.03.2021 um 17:07 schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller:
Am Montag, dem 08.03.2021 um 23:01 +0100 schrieb _johnny7_...@web.de:
the easiest way for me to insert German single quotation marks was to
copy and paste them from Wikipedia or even previous paragraphs from
my
text into LyX: ‚ ‘ Now I see there is also the key binding Alt+".
Both
methods lead to the same characters both in the LyX work area and in
the
output; however, the LyX or LaTeX code is different: The former gets
in LyX code ‚ ‘
in LaTeX \quotesinglbase{} \textquoteleft{}
with key binding or the Insert menu I get
in LyX code \begin_inset Quotes gls and ... Quotes grs
in LaTeX \quotesinglbase{} `
I see no difference in the output but are there cases in which the
different codes make a difference?
No, not output-wise. These are different input formats provided with
different font encodings. If you write LaTeX in an editor, ,this` is
the fastest input method, but it matches \quotesinglebase
this\textquoteleft.
Not, though, that changing quote styles (e.g. to German guillemets) is
easier if you use Alt+".
A somewhat related question is the difference between typing "let's"
in LyX and pasting "let’s". The output is identical here as well with
the curly apostrophe. Is there case where the different inputs
matter?
Don't think so.
Jürgen
Thanks for elaborating. But I noted that changing quote styles does not
automatically change all existing quotation marks in the text,
regardless of their input format. Is that right?
I'm glad I don't have to bother with the different input forms in my
text as I happen to have also used the shortcut occasionally.
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