[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #1418: wptexturize doesn't correctly translate doublequote in brackets

[WordPress Trac]

#1418: wptexturize doesn't correctly translate doublequote in brackets
--------------------------+-------------------------------------------------
 Reporter:  Kafkaesqui    |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  defect        |       Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal        |    Milestone:  2.4      
Component:  General       |      Version:  1.5.1.1  
 Severity:  normal        |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:  dev-feedback  |  
--------------------------+-------------------------------------------------
Comment (by jokeofalltrades):

 Example:
 ("ABC") should render as (“NRDC”), but in fact renders as
 (”ABC“) - precisely backwards. These types of expressions are
 often used in legal texts (and lots of other texts) to signify
 abbreviations that will be used throughout the text the first time they
 are encountered. The only example I can find at the moment is
 [http://emmyandmichael.us/registry/ here] (search for "NRDC").

 As far as I can see, ideal behavior for wptexturize would require that:
 (1) opening quotes (entities &#8220 or &#8216) ''never'' appear
 immediately before a closing bracket of any sort or whitespace of any
 sort; and
 (2) closing ''double'' quotes (entity &#8221) should ''never'' appear
 immediately after an opening bracket of any sort or whitespace of any
 sort.

 The closing single quote (entity &#8217) is trickier, because there may be
 times when a parenthetical or other bracketed expression starts with a
 contracted year reference or a slang term ("cockney") beginning with an
 apostrophe (though these should be rare), and obviously any of those
 expressions will usually be preceded by whitespace.

 The two rules above, though, should be top-level rules that trump all
 other smart-quote replacement rules, shouldn't they?

 See also ticket #1258 for problems with quotes near whitespace.

-- 
Ticket URL: <http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1418#comment:8>
WordPress Trac <http://trac.wordpress.org/>
WordPress blogging software