Configuration of "Smarten Punctuation"

Korben Dallas · 12-30-2010, 04:15 PM

Hi everybody.

I am looking for a method to tweak the Smarten Punctuation feature.

While this feature is really great as seen from a typographic point of view it has one major drawback: there is no way to employ typographic conventions of languages other than English.

The Code of SmartyPants.pl seems to be packaged in Lib\site-packages\calibre\utils\smartypants.pyo which is obviously a compiled file.

Is there anybody out there who can tell me how I can modify this piece of code so that, for example,

Code:

"Sample"

gets converted to

Code:

»Sample« (German style in printed novels)

or

Code:

„Sample“ (German style in general)

?

Thx a lot
Korben.

kovidgoyal · 12-30-2010, 05:25 PM

run calibre from source and modify away to your hearts content. Instructions for running from source are in the user manual

Korben Dallas · 12-31-2010, 07:12 AM

Hi Kovid,

Thanks for your quick reply.

Korben.

12-30-2010, 04:15 PM	#1
Korben Dallas Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Sony Reader PRS-350	Configuration of "Smarten Punctuation" Hi everybody. I am looking for a method to tweak the Smarten Punctuation feature. While this feature is really great as seen from a typographic point of view it has one major drawback: there is no way to employ typographic conventions of languages other than English. The Code of SmartyPants.pl seems to be packaged in Lib\site-packages\calibre\utils\smartypants.pyo which is obviously a compiled file. Is there anybody out there who can tell me how I can modify this piece of code so that, for example, Code: "Sample" gets converted to Code: »Sample« (German style in printed novels) or Code: „Sample“ (German style in general) ? Thx a lot Korben.

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12-30-2010, 05:25 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	run calibre from source and modify away to your hearts content. Instructions for running from source are in the user manual

12-31-2010, 07:12 AM	#3
Korben Dallas Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Sony Reader PRS-350	Hi Kovid, Thanks for your quick reply. Korben.

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