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Originally Posted by Toxaris
As … is exactly the same as … for example, can you explain what the problem is? Why do you want to substitute the special characters to named entities? If it is about the conversion of ... to …, that can be done with some simple search and replace actions.
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When it comes to typographic quotes (single and double) and apostrophes I can see the desire to distinguish, with entities, that which can be ambiguous using characters (’ for closing single quote VS ’ for apostrophes). Think about formatting documents that will have both British and American editions (single quotes vs double-quotes) and how much easier the transition would be--or just about any situation where you need to algorithmically distinguish between a single closing quote and an apostrophe.
But other than that ... I agree, I find it just as easy to search for (and replace with) characters as I do entities. *shrugs*
Either way, users really should be able to choose not to have their entities be eaten.
That's why I stick with v0.7.3. Yes, it barks about missing Doctypes, but I find that noisy (and easily fixed) issue much less destructive and annoying than 0.7.4's penchant for eating markup.