Comment by godelski
2 years ago
Wait what? I see
,comma-backtick` whereas I wrote ,comma-apostrophe'
I copy pasted both btw. You see them both as '? I see GP as having ` and me having '
2 years ago
Wait what? I see
,comma-backtick` whereas I wrote ,comma-apostrophe'
I copy pasted both btw. You see them both as '? I see GP as having ` and me having '
tcmb used ‚comma-apostrophe‘. nsxwolf asked "Is ,comma-backtick` some personal quirk of yours, or is it some standard I'm not aware of?"
I'm pointing out that nsxwolf was wrong to ask about comma-backtick, because tcmb used comma-apostrophe.
Both are wrong. tcmb didn’t use ‚comma-apostrophe’ – they opened with , U+201A SINGLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK (not U+002C COMMA) and closed with ‘ U+2018 LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK (otherwise known as an open single quotation mark).
This matches the German convention described on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark#German.
Sorry I was quoting nsxwolf. But now that you point it out, I can see the difference. It's subtle so I'll copy paste so others can see.
tcmb: ‚usename‘
nsxwolf: ,comma-backtick`
stavros: ‚comma-apostrophe‘
godelski: ,comma-apostrophe'
Though while copy pasting I see tcmb and stavros as having the same character which is different from the longer character you pasted. Seems my clipboard doesn't like that character. I also seem to have crashed OSX's emoji and symbol tray. No longer pops up if I press the button (bottom left) or select from firefox but got it back by opening safari.
Fuck man, I do not envy you people working on ligatures. Or timezones. I'm always impressed by these random rabbitholes and complexities in things that always look very simple. It's beautiful in a weird way.
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