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HarryT · 03-12-2012, 05:16 PM

I'm confusing myself now as to how it looks; I just remember that it doesn't get it right. I'll have to try it again and see in what exact way it breaks.

EDIT: I see that frostschutz has tried it. That's right - it's the opening double quotes it gets wrong. I imagine it's probably because it can't cope with the quotes in the preceding paragraph not being closed. Interestingly enough, though, if you remove the "inner" single quotes, then it DOESN'T mess up - it gets it right. ie, it copes OK with

"The start of a quote.
"Which goes on
"and on
"and then finishes."

but if you add the single quotes within the double quotes, it messes it up.

03-12-2012, 05:16 PM	#7
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I'm confusing myself now as to how it looks; I just remember that it doesn't get it right. I'll have to try it again and see in what exact way it breaks. EDIT: I see that frostschutz has tried it. That's right - it's the opening double quotes it gets wrong. I imagine it's probably because it can't cope with the quotes in the preceding paragraph not being closed. Interestingly enough, though, if you remove the "inner" single quotes, then it DOESN'T mess up - it gets it right. ie, it copes OK with "The start of a quote. "Which goes on "and on "and then finishes." but if you add the single quotes within the double quotes, it messes it up. Last edited by HarryT; 03-12-2012 at 05:21 PM.