Re: [Groff] German quotation marks in ms

[Axel Kielhorn]

Thanks Ted and Joerg!

> Use whichever is most acceptable! There is a very slight difference
> between \[Bq] and ,, : to get ,, to be exactly like \[Bq] you must
>
> a) Move the first "," leftwards by pointsize*0.0012 points
> b) Then move the second leftwards by pointsize*0.002 points.

I don't think that would be visible, but I think I'll stay with ,, '', 
it looks more german than " ". (I have an aversion againt " because I 
see it too often instead of reall quotation marks.)

> You could use the "smartquotes" method devised by Werner Lemberg.
> This was originally defined in terms of the usual \[lq]...\[rq].
> the version I have in my personal macros defines
>
> You can achieve the same with your \[Bq] with the macro
>
> .de smartq
> .ds dblq0 \(Bq
> .ds dblq1 \(rq
             ^ this should be lq
> .nr dblqn 0
> .char " \\\\*[dblq\\\\n[dblqn]]\\R'dblqn (1 - \\\\n[dblqn])'
> ..
>
> The one point to watch is that if, for any reason, you need
> to have an opening " (\[Bq]) without a matching closing " (\[r]),
> or a closing " (\[rq]) without a matching opening " (\[Bq]),
> then in subsequent quoted phrases  " ... " they will be the
> wrong way round.

They should match ...

I'll try this in order to see whether I can get used to it, it is 
easier to type.

Axel