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Typographic conversion regexps
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def three_periods_to_ellipsis | |
self.gsub("...", "…") | |
end | |
def straight_double_quotes_to_smart_double_quotes | |
self.gsub(/\B"\b([^"“”„‟″‶\r\n]+)\b"\B/, '“\1”') | |
end | |
def straight_single_quotes_to_smart_single_quotes | |
self.gsub(/\B'\b([^'‘’‚‛′‵\r\n]+)\b'\B/, '‘\1’') | |
end | |
def straight_apostrophes_to_smart_apostrophes | |
self.gsub(/\b'\b/, '’'); | |
end | |
def two_dashes_to_endash | |
self.gsub("--", "–") | |
end | |
def three_dashes_to_emdash | |
self.gsub("---", "—") | |
end | |
def endash_range | |
self.gsub(/(\d)(\s*-\s*)(\d)/, '\1–\3') | |
end | |
def emdash_between_words | |
self.gsub(/\b( +- +)\b/, ' — ') | |
end |
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