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Python-markdown currently replaces all straight quotes (`"`) with the html entity (`"`). Someone recently complained about this in a [bug report][]. As it turns out the quote was the symptom that brought the real problem to light[^1]. In any event, the reporter pointed out that markdown.pl does not replace straight quotes with the html entity. I know John Gruber has mentioned before

I am working on an app that has user generated content. What I''d like to do, is display X characters of, say, a title and put "..." for the rest. This sounds like something you see in soc networking type app and wondering if there is some code out there to do this. thanks. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed