RE: Capturing Mac's SmartQuotes
I *believe* that it does, but I have not tried it for the PC, only on Mac.
However, the Mac's Smart Quotes did come from MS Word (Mac).
- Matt Small
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Subject: RE: Capturing Mac's SmartQuotes
Does this follow for MS Word Smart quotes also?
sas
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From: Matthew Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 09:51 am
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Capturing Mac's SmartQuotes
Hi Talk,
I figured out that the smart quotes have a very high ASCII code. Here's
what I did to remove them:
function RemoveSmartQuotes (st) {
st = replace(st, chr(8220), chr(34), "all");
st = replace(st, chr(8221), chr(34), "all");
st = replace(st, chr(8216), chr(39), "all");
st = replace(st, chr(8217), chr(39), "all");
return st;
}
I thought you'd like to know.
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Re: Capturing Mac's SmartQuotes
FYI,
The smart quotes are not limited to Mac only.
There's a useful reference page about them and other high ascii
characters here:
http://www.cs.tut.fi/%7Ejkorpela/www/windows-chars.html#list
For the project I'm working on at the minute I have customized jTidy to
take care of these and emit the correct HTML entity codes in the
generated HTML.
By default jTidy replaces the high ascii values with HTML entities, but
the resulting output fails XHTML strict validation. I don't remember off
the top of my head exactly what jTidy outputs, but the entities on the
page linked above pass the validation test.
Spike
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Does this follow for MS Word Smart quotes also?
>
> sas
>
> Scott A. Stewart,
> Web Application Developer
>
> Engineering Consulting Services, Ltd. (ECS)
> 14026 Thunderbolt Place, Suite 100
> Chantilly, VA 20151
> Phone: (703) 471-8400
> Fax: (703) 834-5527
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Matthew Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 09:51 am
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: Capturing Mac's SmartQuotes
>
> Hi Talk,
>
> I figured out that the smart quotes have a very high ASCII code. Here's
> what I did to remove them:
>
> function RemoveSmartQuotes (st) {
> st = replace(st, chr(8220), chr(34), "all");
> st = replace(st, chr(8221), chr(34), "all");
> st = replace(st, chr(8216), chr(39), "all");
> st = replace(st, chr(8217), chr(39), "all");
>
> return st;
> }
>
>
> I thought you'd like to know.
>
> - Matt Small
>
>
>
>
>
>
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RE: Capturing Mac's SmartQuotes
Does this follow for MS Word Smart quotes also?
sas
Scott A. Stewart,
Web Application Developer
Engineering Consulting Services, Ltd. (ECS)
14026 Thunderbolt Place, Suite 100
Chantilly, VA 20151
Phone: (703) 471-8400
Fax: (703) 834-5527
-Original Message-
From: Matthew Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 09:51 am
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Capturing Mac's SmartQuotes
Hi Talk,
I figured out that the smart quotes have a very high ASCII code. Here's
what I did to remove them:
function RemoveSmartQuotes (st) {
st = replace(st, chr(8220), chr(34), "all");
st = replace(st, chr(8221), chr(34), "all");
st = replace(st, chr(8216), chr(39), "all");
st = replace(st, chr(8217), chr(39), "all");
return st;
}
I thought you'd like to know.
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RE: Capturing Mac's SmartQuotes
Hi Talk,
I figured out that the smart quotes have a very high ASCII code. Here's
what I did to remove them:
function RemoveSmartQuotes (st) {
st = replace(st, chr(8220), chr(34), "all");
st = replace(st, chr(8221), chr(34), "all");
st = replace(st, chr(8216), chr(39), "all");
st = replace(st, chr(8217), chr(39), "all");
return st;
}
I thought you'd like to know.
- Matt Small
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Re: Capturing Mac's SmartQuotes
Since a Uinicode char is just two bytes, if you can find out what two byte values they represent, you can still replace them. Assuming they're 142 and 143: replace(text, chr(142)&chr(143), '"', 'all'); Try just using asc() to get the values. HTH --Ben Matthew Small wrote: > Hi, > > One of my users pastes text into a form from his Mac word > processor. Quite frequently, the document contains "smart quotes" - curly > quotes that go on each end of a string. Apparently, some PCs have issues > displaying these characters, so I need to know how to convert them to > straight normal quotes. > > I am under the impression that these are Unicode characters as > opposed to ASCII characters. As such, I am unsure how to do a replace in CF > - MX 6.1. I've looked in the livedocs but I don't see a function that works > like chr() for Unicode. What am I missing here? > > > > Thank you, > > Matthew Small > > > > ~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:194053 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
RE: Capturing Mac's SmartQuotes
Sorry, that's all I have - maybe someone else has another solution but this is extremely quick and "it works" :) Martin Parry Macromedia Certified Developer http://www.BeetrootStreet.co.uk -Original Message- From: Matthew Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 February 2005 14:03 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Capturing Mac's SmartQuotes Thank you for responding. I notice that this involves java calls - is there no native CF function that does this? Thank you, Matthew Small ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:194047 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
RE: Capturing Mac's SmartQuotes
Sorry, that's all I have - maybe someone else has another solution but this is extremely quick and "it works" :) Martin Parry Macromedia Certified Developer http://www.BeetrootStreet.co.uk -Original Message- From: Matthew Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 February 2005 14:03 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Capturing Mac's SmartQuotes Thank you for responding. I notice that this involves java calls - is there no native CF function that does this? Thank you, Matthew Small -Original Message- From: Martin Parry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 8:36 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Capturing Mac's SmartQuotes How about this - found it the other day while trying to solve a similair thing where verity wasn't indexing TM signs so I needed to convert them to normal HTML codes. Martin Parry Macromedia Certified Developer http://www.BeetrootStreet.co.uk -Original Message- From: Matthew Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 February 2005 13:24 To: CF-Talk Subject: Capturing Mac's SmartQuotes Hi, One of my users pastes text into a form from his Mac word processor. Quite frequently, the document contains "smart quotes" - curly quotes that go on each end of a string. Apparently, some PCs have issues displaying these characters, so I need to know how to convert them to straight normal quotes. I am under the impression that these are Unicode characters as opposed to ASCII characters. As such, I am unsure how to do a replace in CF - MX 6.1. I've looked in the livedocs but I don't see a function that works like chr() for Unicode. What am I missing here? Thank you, Matthew Small ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:194043 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
RE: Capturing Mac's SmartQuotes
Thank you for responding. I notice that this involves java calls - is there no native CF function that does this? Thank you, Matthew Small -Original Message- From: Martin Parry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 8:36 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Capturing Mac's SmartQuotes How about this - found it the other day while trying to solve a similair thing where verity wasn't indexing TM signs so I needed to convert them to normal HTML codes. Martin Parry Macromedia Certified Developer http://www.BeetrootStreet.co.uk -Original Message- From: Matthew Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 February 2005 13:24 To: CF-Talk Subject: Capturing Mac's SmartQuotes Hi, One of my users pastes text into a form from his Mac word processor. Quite frequently, the document contains "smart quotes" - curly quotes that go on each end of a string. Apparently, some PCs have issues displaying these characters, so I need to know how to convert them to straight normal quotes. I am under the impression that these are Unicode characters as opposed to ASCII characters. As such, I am unsure how to do a replace in CF - MX 6.1. I've looked in the livedocs but I don't see a function that works like chr() for Unicode. What am I missing here? Thank you, Matthew Small ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:194041 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
RE: Capturing Mac's SmartQuotes
How about this - found it the other day while trying to solve a similair thing where verity wasn't indexing TM signs so I needed to convert them to normal HTML codes. Martin Parry Macromedia Certified Developer http://www.BeetrootStreet.co.uk -Original Message- From: Matthew Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 February 2005 13:24 To: CF-Talk Subject: Capturing Mac's SmartQuotes Hi, One of my users pastes text into a form from his Mac word processor. Quite frequently, the document contains "smart quotes" - curly quotes that go on each end of a string. Apparently, some PCs have issues displaying these characters, so I need to know how to convert them to straight normal quotes. I am under the impression that these are Unicode characters as opposed to ASCII characters. As such, I am unsure how to do a replace in CF - MX 6.1. I've looked in the livedocs but I don't see a function that works like chr() for Unicode. What am I missing here? Thank you, Matthew Small ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:194035 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
Capturing Mac's SmartQuotes
Hi, One of my users pastes text into a form from his Mac word processor. Quite frequently, the document contains "smart quotes" - curly quotes that go on each end of a string. Apparently, some PCs have issues displaying these characters, so I need to know how to convert them to straight normal quotes. I am under the impression that these are Unicode characters as opposed to ASCII characters. As such, I am unsure how to do a replace in CF - MX 6.1. I've looked in the livedocs but I don't see a function that works like chr() for Unicode. What am I missing here? Thank you, Matthew Small ~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:194030 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
