2012/8/6 Eric Weir wrote:
> I've skimmed the manual. Will take a closer look before I dump my next
> document in lyx. I need a solution.
It's easy. In the editor, insert (for instance):
This is some text with »a quote« and »another quote with a »nested
quote«« and some ¶single quotation marks¶.
(the quote characters are arbitrary; it's just what I use)
In the LyX preamble:
\usepackage{csquotes}
% Set the double quote placeholder
\MakeAutoQuote{»}{«}
% Set the single quote placeholder
\MakeInnerQuote{¶}
This gives you quotation marks matching to your language. Options
allow you to adjust these globaly and to set whether quotation mark
styles should switch if the language switches or if it should stick
with the style of the main document language.
The package is great for many reasons. For instance, it will yield an
error if you have unbalanced quotes (missing closing quotation marks,
f.ex.).
> Strange to me that lyx is inflexible in this way.
I don't think LyX is inflexible (although it could be more flexible).
I do not know any editor that allows for dynamic quotes.
Jürgen
