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
