smartquote
Element
Element functions can be customized with set and show rules.
Element functions can be customized with
set and show rules.A language-aware quote that reacts to its context.
Automatically turns into an appropriate opening or closing quote based on the active text language.
Example
"This is in quotes."
#set text(lang: "de")
"Das ist in Anführungszeichen."
#set text(lang: "fr")
"C'est entre guillemets."
Syntax
This function also has dedicated syntax: The normal quote characters
(' and "). Typst automatically makes your quotes smart.
Parameters
Parameters are the inputs to a function. They are specified in parentheses after the function name.
Parameters are the inputs to a function. They are specified in parentheses after the function name.
smartquote() -> content
double
Settable
Settable parameters can be customized for all following uses of the function with a set rule.
Settable parameters can be customized for all following uses of the function with a
set rule.Whether this should be a double quote.
Default:true
enabled
Settable
Settable parameters can be customized for all following uses of the function with a set rule.
Settable parameters can be customized for all following uses of the function with a
set rule.Whether smart quotes are enabled.
To disable smartness for a single quote, you can also escape it with a backslash.
Default:true
View example
#set smartquote(enabled: false)
These are "dumb" quotes.
alternative
Settable
Settable parameters can be customized for all following uses of the function with a set rule.
Settable parameters can be customized for all following uses of the function with a
set rule.Whether to use alternative quotes.
Does nothing for languages that don't have alternative quotes, or if explicit quotes were set.
Default:false
View example
#set text(lang: "de")
#set smartquote(alternative: true)
"Das ist in anderen Anführungszeichen."
quotes
Settable
Settable parameters can be customized for all following uses of the function with a set rule.
Settable parameters can be customized for all following uses of the function with a
set rule.The quotes to use.
- When set to
auto, the appropriate single quotes for the text language will be used. This is the default. - Custom quotes can be passed as a string, array, or dictionary of either
- string: a string consisting of two characters containing the opening and closing double quotes (characters here refer to Unicode grapheme clusters)
- array: an array containing the opening and closing double quotes
- dictionary: an array containing the double and single quotes, each
specified as either
auto, string, or array
Default:auto
View example
#set text(lang: "de")
'Das sind normale Anführungszeichen.'
#set smartquote(quotes: "()")
"Das sind eigene Anführungszeichen."
#set smartquote(quotes: (single: ("[[", "]]"), double: auto))
'Das sind eigene Anführungszeichen.'
