Smarter smart quotes.

Treat a leading " with no closing " as a left curly quote.
This supports the practice, in fiction, of continuing
paragraphs quoting the same speaker without an end quote.
It also helps with quotes that break over lines in line
blocks.

Closes #7216.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Markdown.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Markdown.hs
index 4b20e3a8b..ba8ed147e 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Markdown.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Markdown.hs
@@ -2199,25 +2199,27 @@ citation = try $ do
 smart :: PandocMonad m => MarkdownParser m (F Inlines)
 smart = do
   guardEnabled Ext_smart
-  doubleQuoted <|> singleQuoted <|>
-    choice (map (return <$>) [apostrophe, dash, ellipses])
+  doubleQuoted <|> singleQuoted <|> (return <$> doubleCloseQuote) <|>
+    (return <$> apostrophe) <|> (return <$> dash) <|> (return <$> ellipses)
 
 singleQuoted :: PandocMonad m => MarkdownParser m (F Inlines)
-singleQuoted = try $ do
+singleQuoted = do
   singleQuoteStart
-  withQuoteContext InSingleQuote $
+  (try (withQuoteContext InSingleQuote $
     fmap B.singleQuoted . trimInlinesF . mconcat <$>
-      many1Till inline singleQuoteEnd
+      many1Till inline singleQuoteEnd))
+    <|> (return (return (B.str "\8217")))
 
 -- doubleQuoted will handle regular double-quoted sections, as well
 -- as dialogues with an open double-quote without a close double-quote
 -- in the same paragraph.
 doubleQuoted :: PandocMonad m => MarkdownParser m (F Inlines)
-doubleQuoted = try $ do
+doubleQuoted = do
   doubleQuoteStart
-  withQuoteContext InDoubleQuote $
+  (try (withQuoteContext InDoubleQuote $
     fmap B.doubleQuoted . trimInlinesF . mconcat <$>
-      many1Till inline doubleQuoteEnd
+      many1Till inline doubleQuoteEnd))
+    <|> (return (return (B.str "\8220")))
 
 toRow :: [Blocks] -> Row
 toRow = Row nullAttr . map B.simpleCell