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[Norbert Nemec <address@hidden>]

So, I guess, there is no consens about "correct" german quotation marks. 
Probably, TeXmacs should support all kinds of quotes in all languages and 
leave it to the user to decide.

Anyhow, there should a clean default behaviour for every language, so people 
without an opinion don't have to decide themselves...

On Donnerstag, 13. November 2003 18:36, Jan Ulrich Hasecke wrote:
> Joris van der Hoeven <address@hidden> writes:
> > The master reference for German quotation
> > is Buechmann's >>Gefluegelte Worte<<.
> > It contains the whole stock of citations
> > commonly shared in the German culture.
> > There, the standard is ,,...``, titles of books get >>...<<,
> > and citations are in italics. All of these quotation styles have
> > a tradition of half a millenium.
>
> Please have a look at any current german book available. And bear in
> mind that Büchmanns book is all about quotations. ;-)
>
> Quotes for direct speech are usually:
> >>This is direct speech. I am reading >Geflügelte Worte< from
>
> Büchmann.<<
>
> You can see it in: Jean Paul. Gesammelte Werke. Hanser Verlag (Nice books!)
>
> Or:
>
> <<This is direct speech. I am reading <Geflügelte Worte> from
> Büchmann.>>
>
> You can see it in: Robert Musil: Mann ohne Eigenschaften. Rowohlt
> Verlag (Nice book too!)
>
>
> The last time I saw ,,these quotes'' was in school-books. ;-)
>
> Italics are to emphasize things. Yes, they are used sometimes for
> quotes also.
>
> So it would be great, if all these quotes were avaiable in german
> context.
>
> juh

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