Wikipublisher supports various styles of typographic quotes — that is, interpretation of the double (outer) and single (inner) straight quotation marks " and '. The variable $SmartQuoteStyle controls how outer and inner quotation marks will be interpreted. The default value is “GB” and produces the British style. Options for typographic quotes illustrates the supported styles.
| Style | Outer quotes | Inner quotes |
|---|---|---|
| CH | « … » | ‹ … › |
| DE | „ … “ | ‚ … ‘ |
| DK | » … « | › … ‹ |
| ES | « … » | “ … ” |
| FI | ” … ” | ’ … ’ |
| FR | « … » | “ … ” |
| GB | “ … ” | ‘ … ’ |
| NL | „ … ” | ‚ … ’ |
| PL | „ … ” | « … » |
| SE | » … » | ‘ … ’ |
For example, to select the Danish style, add the following to local/config.php:
$SmartQuoteStyle = 'DK';
If the text contains adjacent outer and inner quote marks, Wikipublisher inserts a thin space between them (except when the style is FR, which requires a space between outer quote marks — guillemets — and the quoted text). For example: “You say, ‘tom-eh-toe!’ and I say, ‘tom-ah-toe!’ ”
Quotes are smartened automatically into the correct opening or closing values. If necessary, authors can force a right curly quote with a backtick-quote (`'): rock ’n’ roll. The backtick-quote will always produce a right single quote mark, regardless of the smart quote style setting.