[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #9150: Wrong type of quotes are hard coded

[WordPress Trac]

#9150: Wrong type of quotes are hard coded
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 Reporter:  toscho        |       Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  2.8      
Component:  General       |     Version:           
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:  I18n     
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 WordPress uses smart quotes, which are wrong in non-english texts.

 Additionally the WordPress code and the default theme have german, swiss
 and french »quotes« hard coded as arrows. Using » and « as arrows violates
 aestethic, orthographic and unicode rules.

 Typography should never be hard coded in a software that is used in
 different languages. So we need the ability to set correct quotes in the
 language packs or in an option, and the arrows should be real arrows
 (http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/arrows.html).

 See also: http://comox.textdrive.com/pipermail/wp-
 hackers/2009-February/024671.html

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