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August 12, 2013 23:34
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Really small jQuery plugin to convert text with straight quotes to curly/smart quotes.
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| <!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <head> | |
| <title>Example</title> | |
| <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js"></script> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| <section class="what"> | |
| <div class="awesome"> | |
| <div class="classnames"> | |
| <article class="i-have"> | |
| <h1>It's a good day.</h1> | |
| <h2>What's up my friend?</h2> | |
| <p>He said, "She's my best friend."</p> | |
| <a href="#">Go "Here", I say.</a> | |
| </article> | |
| </div> | |
| </div> | |
| </section> | |
| <script src="jquery.curlies.js"></script> | |
| <script> | |
| $(document).ready(function () { | |
| $('body').curlies(); | |
| }); | |
| </script> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
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| (function($){ | |
| $.fn.curlies = function( itemQuery ) { | |
| function smarten(text) { | |
| return text | |
| /* opening singles */ | |
| .replace(/(^|[-\u2014\s(\["])'/g, "$1\u2018") | |
| /* closing singles & apostrophes */ | |
| .replace(/'/g, "\u2019") | |
| /* opening doubles */ | |
| .replace(/(^|[-\u2014/\[(\u2018\s])"/g, "$1\u201c") | |
| /* closing doubles */ | |
| .replace(/"/g, "\u201d") | |
| /* em-dashes */ | |
| .replace(/--/g, "\u2014"); | |
| }; | |
| return this.each(function(){ | |
| var $this = $(this); | |
| var $children = $this.children(); | |
| if ($children.length) { | |
| $children.each(function(){ | |
| $(this).curlies(); | |
| }); | |
| } else { | |
| $this.text( smarten( $this.text() ) ); | |
| } | |
| }); | |
| }; | |
| })(jQuery); |
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Thanks for this! I turned it into a really tiny Drupal module if anyone needs it:
https://www.drupal.org/sandbox/jenlampton/2453655