% Save file as: QUOTE.STY Source: FILESERV@SHSU.BITNET % % File: QUOTE.STY % % Author: Hunter Goatley % goathunter@WKUVX1.BITNET % % Date: August 14, 1991 % % Abstract: % % This file defines the macros \begindoublequotes and \enddoublequotes, % which let TeX replace the double-quote character (") with TeX's % left double-quote and right double-quote. For example: % % "This is a test." ---> ``This is a test.'' % % The double-quote character is still available via \dq. (\" is still % treated as the umlaut accent.) % % This macro makes a couple of assumptions about the double-quotes: % % 1. Double-quotes are assumed to come in pairs. When replacing % double-quotes, the macro alternates between `` and ''. The only % exception to this is noted in (2) below. % 2. A double-quote at the beginning of a paragraph is always treated % as ``. This correctly handles the case where a quotation is % continued into a second paragraph: % % "This is the first paragraph.\par % "This is the second paragraph of the same quote." % % Normal TeX spacing after `` and '' is maintained by saving and % restoring the \spacefactor. % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % HOW IT WORKS: % % The double-quote character (") is made active by \begindoublequotes. % The " macro keeps track of left-quote/right-quote pairs and inserts % the appropriate `` and '' in its place. % % Each character has a \spacefactor associated with it, which specifies % the amount of stretch or shrink that a space following the character % can have. Most characters have a factor of 1000, but some punctuation % marks have higher spacefactors, most notably the period, which has a % \spacefactor of 3000. This means the space following a period can % stretch up to 3 times more than the space after a regular character, % accounting for the increased space at the end of sentences. % % The `` and '' ligatures are assigned \spacefactor's of 0, so that the % \spacefactor that is applied to the next character is the same as that % of the character preceding the quotes. Because " has been redefined as % a macro, any spaces following " are swallowed by TeX. It was necessary % to have this macro re-insert any needed space so that the following % cases worked correctly: % % "This is a test," she said. --> ``This is a test,'' she said. % "This is in a list"; etc. --> ``This is in a list''; etc. % % Without the added space, the first example becomes: % % ``This is a test,''she said. % % The solution was to save the current \spacefactor before inserting a % right double-quote, then resetting the \spacefactor after the % insertion. The net effect was that the " macro has a \spacefactor % of 0, which matches the way TeX treats `` and ''. % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% {% % Begin a group for which " is active \catcode`\"=\active % Make " an active character \catcode`\@=11 % Make @ an active character % % \begindoublequotes % % This macro makes " an active character, resets the control sequence % \dblqu@te to L (left), and defines \dq as a replacement for ". % \gdef\begindoublequotes{% % \begindoublequotes enables " \global\catcode`\"=\active % Make " an active character \global\chardef\dq=`\" % Double-quote char. via \dq \global\let\dblqu@te=L % Always start with a left double-quote } % End of macro % % Define the macro that will be executed whenever " is encountered. % \gdef"{% % If the double-quote is the first character in a new paragraph, % make sure it becomes a left double-quote. This case can be % detected by checking to see if TeX is currently in vertical mode. % If so, the double-quote is at the beginning of the paragraph % (since " hasn't actually generated any horizontal mode tokens % yet, TeX is still in vertical mode). If the mode is vertical, % set \dblqu@te equal to L. % \ifinner\else\ifvmode\let\dblqu@te=L\fi\fi % % Now insert the appropriate left or right double-quote. % % If \dblqu@te is L, insert a `` and set \dblqu@te to R. % \if L\dblqu@te``\global\let\dblqu@te=R% % % Otherwise, save the current \spacefactor, insert '', set \dblqu@te % to L, and reset the original \spacefactor. % \else \let\xxx=\spacefactor % Save the \spacefactor ''\global\let\dblqu@te=L% % Insert '' and reset \dblqu@te \spacefactor\xxx % Reset the \spacefactor \fi % End of \if L\dblqu@te... } % End of " macro } % End of group \gdef\enddoublequotes{% \catcode`\"=12 %Set " back to other }