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Subject: Re: ISO Latin-1 Character Set -- quotes versus accents
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Date: Mon, 19-Jan-87 17:49:38 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 19 17:49:38 1987
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Point of interest.
Troff uses a `` (two single quotes) instead of a " (double quote)
because hot metal linotype machines, earlier version typesetters, and
some of the newer phototypesetters and lasertypesetters of today
requires the two single quotes. This is not a bug in the software. If I
remember correctly, sometimes font "tables" can be adjusted so troff
will automatically convert the double quote to two single quotes.