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Old 05-24-2012, 07:49 AM   #139
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Originally Posted by kiwidude View Post
It isn't a feature I have an interest in writing myself. My head hurts thinking of the regex expressions... on top of which I would suggest that unless your book was "perfectly" formatted with matching quotes etc (which a lot of books are not) surely relying on automated regexes could leave a bit of a mess behind...
IIRC, matching quotes are not even required in some contexts. e.g. when a person says multiple paragraphs the closing quote is only required on the last one.

Something like:

X said "First thing
"Second thing
"Last thing"

Don't quote me on that though
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