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Smart Quotes version 1.51
© Sam Kington 25th July 1995
This program is shareware, *not* public domain or freeware. You are allowed
to evaluate this program free of charge for a period of two weeks; after
that, you should destroy it if you do not intend to use it, or pay the
registration fee to carry on using it. The registered version has more
features than the free version, so there’s a carrot *and* a stick ;-).
About this program
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Smart Quotes, now in its sixth installment, is a small utility to help you
make your documents look more professional, by replacing quotation marks or
other combinations of characters by their more typographically appropriate
versions. If you type a double quote (") or a single quote (') it will
replace it by the appropriate typographically correct quote (open “ or closed
” rather than neutral "). It will also try to correct typos: if you
accidentally type “SOmething LIke THis”, it will replace it by “Something
Like This”. Last, but by no means least, it can replace short sequences of
characters by others, like Impression’s abbreviation facility, which allows
you to type ligatures (fi, Œ), accents (é, Ç) and other characters (×,÷,—)
without using the Alt key. It actually goes further than this, as it can also
ensure commas are always before quotes, remove any extraneous spaces after
full stops, and even (if you really want it to) ROT13 your text.
Some facilities are not available in the unregistered version – see the
file “Versions” for more details.
Mouse clicks
************
There are quite a few things you can do by clicking the mouse on the
Smart Quotes icon, so here is a complete list:
Select Open and close settings window
Adjust Disable and re-enable substitution
Shift-click Disable and re-enable quotes substitution
Ctrl-click Disable and re-enable expand substitution
Alt-click Disable and re-enable typo checking
Shift-Ctrl: Select drags the icon around, repositioning it on the icon
bar or “tearing off” a floating window.
Adjust switches between the icon bar and the floating window.
You can also do the following things by clicking on the Close icon of
Smart Quotes' windows:
Select Closes window (standard RISC OS behaviour)
Adjust Opens Choices directory
Shift-Select Iconises window (standard RISC OS behaviour)
Shift-Adjust Runs !Chars (or whatever application has been set up)
Ctrl-Select Closes all Smart Quotes’ windows
Ctrl-Adjust As Adjust
NB: Because the “Other choices” window is actually “owned” by a separate
program, Ctrl-Select on its close icon will not close the other windows, and
Ctrl-Select on another window’s close icon will not close the “Other choices”
window.
Clicking on the expand window will edit the expand underneath the
pointer.
Other files you should read
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All these files are in the “Docs” directory.
“Manual” contains a lot more about Smart Quotes, but you don’t have to
read it all.
“Changes” tells you what changed since the last version, 1.25.
“Versions” outlines the differences between the unregistered and shareware
versions. If you intend to use this, you should register!
“Register” tells you how to register.