Re: [PATCH] ox.el: add smart quotes for Greek

[Juan Manuel Macías]

Hi again,

I am attaching a new version of the patch, with some typos fixed and a
explanatory note in the commit message on the choice of the character
U+201C as Greek second-level opening quotes.

In case anyone is interested in what Yanis Haralambous answered me in a
recent mail, I reproduce here (with his permission) a fragment of the
message:

#+begin_quote
[...] to answer your question, the average Greek writer would use
U+201C. For those that seek Greek typographic tradition, there should be
a substitution [...], but it would be more appropriate to do it
on the glyph level. From a grapholinguistic point of view there is
absolutely no need of using U+201F, the difference should be on the
alllographic level, the grapheme should only carry the information
"CLOSING DOUBLE SECOND-LEVEL QUOTATION MARK" and U+201C is a good choice
for representing that grapheme since it is used in most countries of the
world…
#+end_quote

Therefore, if someone wishes to use the historical character [in a
LuaTeX or XeTeX document] (represented by U+201F), I agree with Yannis
that it is better to use that symbol at the glyph level and not at the
character level. For this scenario a GSUB opentype feature would work
very well, since it is a historical character (as in the case of
historical ligatures, alternate glyphs, etc.). 

Best regards,

Juan Manuel

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