Re: French quotes treated as parentheses

[Sven Joachim]

David Kastrup wrote:
> Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

> > I think it would be better to set up a minor mode to switch to German
> > syntax, and connect this with a language environment.
>
> That's pretty tough, given that the German speaking Swiss tend to use
> a different direction from the Germans themselves.

Yes, and there is no special language environment for Swiss German ...
My vote goes to using punctuation syntax for these quotes.