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LibreOffice Macro: straight single and double quotes to curly ones
sub StraightQuotes2CurlyQuotes
' Kudos to David for main code: https://gist.github.com/dajare/3924560
' Kudos to Villeroy for simpler, better find patterns:
' https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=39902
' Kudos to Kaloian Droganov for how to make the macro atomic:
' http://stackoverflow.com/questions/853372/how-to-make-a-macro-atomic
rem ----------------------------------------------------------------------
dim document as object
dim dispatcher as object
dim undo as object
'create single undo action
undo = ThisComponent.UndoManager
undo.enterUndoContext("Educate quotes")
rem ----------------------------------------------------------------------
rem get access to the document
document = ThisComponent.CurrentController.Frame
dispatcher = createUnoService("com.sun.star.frame.DispatchHelper")
rem ----------------------------------------------------------------------
dim args1(18) as new com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue
args1(0).Name = "SearchItem.StyleFamily"
args1(0).Value = 2
args1(1).Name = "SearchItem.CellType"
args1(1).Value = 0
args1(2).Name = "SearchItem.RowDirection"
args1(2).Value = true
args1(3).Name = "SearchItem.AllTables"
args1(3).Value = false
args1(4).Name = "SearchItem.Backward"
args1(4).Value = false
args1(5).Name = "SearchItem.Pattern"
args1(5).Value = false
args1(6).Name = "SearchItem.Content"
args1(6).Value = false
args1(7).Name = "SearchItem.AsianOptions"
args1(7).Value = false
args1(8).Name = "SearchItem.AlgorithmType"
args1(8).Value = 1
args1(9).Name = "SearchItem.SearchFlags"
args1(9).Value = 65536
args1(10).Name = "SearchItem.SearchString"
args1(10).Value = CHR$(34)+"\<"
args1(11).Name = "SearchItem.ReplaceString"
args1(11).Value = "“"
args1(12).Name = "SearchItem.Locale"
args1(12).Value = 255
args1(13).Name = "SearchItem.ChangedChars"
args1(13).Value = 2
args1(14).Name = "SearchItem.DeletedChars"
args1(14).Value = 2
args1(15).Name = "SearchItem.InsertedChars"
args1(15).Value = 2
args1(16).Name = "SearchItem.TransliterateFlags"
args1(16).Value = 1280
args1(17).Name = "SearchItem.Command"
args1(17).Value = 3
args1(18).Name = "Quiet"
args1(18).Value = true
dispatcher.executeDispatch(document, ".uno:ExecuteSearch", "", 0, args1())
rem ----------------------------------------------------------------------
dim args2(18) as new com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue
args2(0).Name = "SearchItem.StyleFamily"
args2(0).Value = 2
args2(1).Name = "SearchItem.CellType"
args2(1).Value = 0
args2(2).Name = "SearchItem.RowDirection"
args2(2).Value = true
args2(3).Name = "SearchItem.AllTables"
args2(3).Value = false
args2(4).Name = "SearchItem.Backward"
args2(4).Value = false
args2(5).Name = "SearchItem.Pattern"
args2(5).Value = false
args2(6).Name = "SearchItem.Content"
args2(6).Value = false
args2(7).Name = "SearchItem.AsianOptions"
args2(7).Value = false
args2(8).Name = "SearchItem.AlgorithmType"
args2(8).Value = 1
args2(9).Name = "SearchItem.SearchFlags"
args2(9).Value = 65536
args2(10).Name = "SearchItem.SearchString"
args2(10).Value = CHR$(34)
args2(11).Name = "SearchItem.ReplaceString"
args2(11).Value = "”"
args2(12).Name = "SearchItem.Locale"
args2(12).Value = 255
args2(13).Name = "SearchItem.ChangedChars"
args2(13).Value = 2
args2(14).Name = "SearchItem.DeletedChars"
args2(14).Value = 2
args2(15).Name = "SearchItem.InsertedChars"
args2(15).Value = 2
args2(16).Name = "SearchItem.TransliterateFlags"
args2(16).Value = 1280
args2(17).Name = "SearchItem.Command"
args2(17).Value = 3
args2(18).Name = "Quiet"
args2(18).Value = true
dispatcher.executeDispatch(document, ".uno:ExecuteSearch", "", 0, args2())
rem ----------------------------------------------------------------------
dim args3(18) as new com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue
args3(0).Name = "SearchItem.StyleFamily"
args3(0).Value = 2
args3(1).Name = "SearchItem.CellType"
args3(1).Value = 0
args3(2).Name = "SearchItem.RowDirection"
args3(2).Value = true
args3(3).Name = "SearchItem.AllTables"
args3(3).Value = false
args3(4).Name = "SearchItem.Backward"
args3(4).Value = false
args3(5).Name = "SearchItem.Pattern"
args3(5).Value = false
args3(6).Name = "SearchItem.Content"
args3(6).Value = false
args3(7).Name = "SearchItem.AsianOptions"
args3(7).Value = false
args3(8).Name = "SearchItem.AlgorithmType"
args3(8).Value = 1
args3(9).Name = "SearchItem.SearchFlags"
args3(9).Value = 65536
args3(10).Name = "SearchItem.SearchString"
args3(10).Value = "'\<"
args3(11).Name = "SearchItem.ReplaceString"
args3(11).Value = "‘"
args3(12).Name = "SearchItem.Locale"
args3(12).Value = 255
args3(13).Name = "SearchItem.ChangedChars"
args3(13).Value = 2
args3(14).Name = "SearchItem.DeletedChars"
args3(14).Value = 2
args3(15).Name = "SearchItem.InsertedChars"
args3(15).Value = 2
args3(16).Name = "SearchItem.TransliterateFlags"
args3(16).Value = 1280
args3(17).Name = "SearchItem.Command"
args3(17).Value = 3
args3(18).Name = "Quiet"
args3(18).Value = true
dispatcher.executeDispatch(document, ".uno:ExecuteSearch", "", 0, args3())
rem ----------------------------------------------------------------------
dim args4(18) as new com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue
args4(0).Name = "SearchItem.StyleFamily"
args4(0).Value = 2
args4(1).Name = "SearchItem.CellType"
args4(1).Value = 0
args4(2).Name = "SearchItem.RowDirection"
args4(2).Value = true
args4(3).Name = "SearchItem.AllTables"
args4(3).Value = false
args4(4).Name = "SearchItem.Backward"
args4(4).Value = false
args4(5).Name = "SearchItem.Pattern"
args4(5).Value = false
args4(6).Name = "SearchItem.Content"
args4(6).Value = false
args4(7).Name = "SearchItem.AsianOptions"
args4(7).Value = false
args4(8).Name = "SearchItem.AlgorithmType"
args4(8).Value = 1
args4(9).Name = "SearchItem.SearchFlags"
args4(9).Value = 65536
args4(10).Name = "SearchItem.SearchString"
args4(10).Value = "'"
args4(11).Name = "SearchItem.ReplaceString"
args4(11).Value = "’"
args4(12).Name = "SearchItem.Locale"
args4(12).Value = 255
args4(13).Name = "SearchItem.ChangedChars"
args4(13).Value = 2
args4(14).Name = "SearchItem.DeletedChars"
args4(14).Value = 2
args4(15).Name = "SearchItem.InsertedChars"
args4(15).Value = 2
args4(16).Name = "SearchItem.TransliterateFlags"
args4(16).Value = 1280
args4(17).Name = "SearchItem.Command"
args4(17).Value = 3
args4(18).Name = "Quiet"
args4(18).Value = true
dispatcher.executeDispatch(document, ".uno:ExecuteSearch", "", 0, args4())
' close the undo action
undo.leaveUndoContext
end sub
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