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authorJohn MacFarlane <fiddlosopher@gmail.com>2012-02-12 10:18:10 -0800
committerJohn MacFarlane <fiddlosopher@gmail.com>2012-02-12 10:18:10 -0800
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README - fixed documentation on Smart Punctuation.
Closes #415.
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@@ -1534,10 +1534,12 @@ Backslash escapes do not work in verbatim contexts.
Smart punctuation
-----------------
+*Pandoc extension*.
+
If the `--smart` option is specified, pandoc will produce typographically
-correct output, converting straight quotes to curly quotes, `---` and `--`
-to Em-dashes, and `...` to ellipses. Nonbreaking spaces are inserted after
-certain abbreviations, such as "Mr."
+correct output, converting straight quotes to curly quotes, `---` to
+em-dashes, `--` to en-dashes, and `...` to ellipses. Nonbreaking spaces
+are inserted after certain abbreviations, such as "Mr."
Note: if your LaTeX template uses the `csquotes` package, pandoc will
detect automatically this and use `\enquote{...}` for quoted text.