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