How do I use the pre iOS 11.0 single quote character? At least one web app uses that single quote to bold and italicize text. What worked before the upgrade does not work after the upgrade. The code of the single quote character has changed.
thanks,
Eddie
iPad Pro Wi-Fi + Cellular, iOS 11
EddieGarrity wrote:
Here are six single quotes typed after the upgrade: ‘’’test’’’
They look different. You would think it was just a font difference, but it seems there must be a character code difference as well.
These are called "smart" or "curly" quotes and they are indeed different characters. Look for a setting somewhere which will turn off smart/curly punctuation.
EddieGarrity wrote:
Here are six single quotes typed after the upgrade: ‘’’test’’’
They look different. You would think it was just a font difference, but it seems there must be a character code difference as well.
These are called "smart" or "curly" quotes and they are indeed different characters. Look for a setting somewhere which will turn off smart/curly punctuation.
Thank you for replying. I’m using the keyboard built into the screen, which pops up in the bottom half of the screen when there is a need to type. The single quote character is to the left of the “return” key. Above it there is the double quote character.
The following includes six single quotes typed before the upgrade: '''1855'''
Here are six single quotes typed after the upgrade: ‘’’test’’’
They look different. You would think it was just a font difference, but it seems there must be a character code difference as well.
Thank you,
eddie
Developers use single quotes a lot. They use iPads a lot. I was just trying to type one into an Amazon Lambda function while watching tv.
No developer would have agreed that changing the keyboard‘s single quote was a good idea. Please slap the business person who thought it was.
This goes double for double quotes.
Greg
maybe the decider had read the following: https://typographyforlawyers.com/straight-and-curly-quotes.html
or read the book "The Mac is not a Typewriter" by Robin Williams. In this particular case it may have been better to heed the book's title literally, at least with the iPad's software keyboard.
Old habits can be hard to break. Having read the "Typewriter Habits" page, which is a link in the link provided above, I now know it's wrong to double space between sentences. Thanks, Eddie
p.s. Still hard to break, I corrected my double spacing before posting this, including the two spaces I had placed after the colon, which is also considered incorrect.
Hi. Which keyboard are you using? iOS software keyboard, 3rd party software keyboard, Apple Smart keyboard, 3rd party hardware keyboard?
I am using the “iOS software keyboard”. The virtual key board that pops up on the bottom half of the screen when there is a need to type.
Thanks, eddie
Thanks Tom. You are a legend.
Settings -> General -> Keyboard-> Smart punctuation
Thank you. That solved it.
Single quote character code in iOS 11.0
