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caobao
This has got to be the weirdest question - and maybe I am missing a standard autocorrect, which I should be aware of, but...

If I put single quotation marks around something in the pre- and suffix, it automatically changes to double quotationmarks?
  • adamsmith
    quotation marks get standardized depending on the citation style you're using. E.g. when you're using an en-GB locale or a style with that locale Zotero assumes that default quotation marks are single.
    While affixes are borderline cases, there are good reasons for the general behavior, which e.g. allows for quotation marks in titles to always be treated correctly.
  • rhausoul
    Would it be possible to change this behavior in the style? I'ld prefer to use single quotation marks in a language that normally takes as default double quotation marks.
  • Gracile
    edited July 15, 2013
    Antoine: yes, edit your style to add something like that (I let you choose the correct quotation marks)

    <locale xml:lang="fr">
    <terms>
    <term name="open-quote">« </term>
    <term name="close-quote"> »</term>
    <term name="open-inner-quote">“</term>
    <term name="close-inner-quote">”</term>
    </terms>
    </locale>

    Cf. also: http://citationstyles.org/downloads/upgrade-notes.html#quotes

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