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| + | == Usage == | ||
| + | The {{tl|" ' "}} (or {{tl|Double single double}} in long form) template is for use a) at the beginning of a "double-quoted" quotation that begins a 'single-quoted' quotation that in turn begins an enclosing "double-quoted" quotation, or b) at the end of a "double-quoted" quotation that ends a 'single-quoted' quotation that in turn ends an enclosing "double-quoted" quotation. Its purpose is to slightly space the single and double quotation marks apart for legibility, without actually inserting a space character. It does this with [[Cascading style sheets|CSS]], and does so because the insertion of extraneous space characters of any kind would be a violation of the [[Semantic web|semantic integrity of the web content]] of the article or other page in which it appeared. | ||
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| + | ;Example (with highlighting added for clarity): | ||
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| + | *Using the template: | ||
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| + | :<code>Kwan was quoted as saying, "She disputed his statement that 'Voltaire never said "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.<span style="color:fuchsia;"><strong><nowiki>{{" ' "}}</nowiki></strong></span></code> | ||
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| + | :Kwan was quoted as saying, "She disputed his statement that 'Voltaire never said "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.{{Double single double}} | ||
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| + | *For comparison, here is the completely unspaced version: | ||
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| + | :<code>Kwan was quoted as saying, "She disputed his statement that 'Voltaire never said "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.<span style="color:fuchsia;"><strong>"'"</strong></span></code> | ||
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| + | :Kwan was quoted as saying, "She disputed his statement that 'Voltaire never said "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."'" | ||
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| + | *And here is the version with a semantically incorrect non-breaking space character: | ||
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| + | :<code>Kwan was quoted as saying, "She disputed his statement that 'Voltaire never said "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.<span style="color:fuchsia;"><strong>"&nbsp;'&nbsp;"</strong></span></code> | ||
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| + | :Kwan was quoted as saying, "She disputed his statement that 'Voltaire never said "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." ' " | ||
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| + | :When rendered, the non-breaking-spaced version looks similar to or the same as the template version, but improperly mixes content and presentation. | ||
==Mozilla/Firefox note== | ==Mozilla/Firefox note== | ||
Revision as of 17:09, 1 November 2010
| This is a documentation subpage for Template:Double+single+double. It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
Usage
The {{" ' "}} (or {{Double single double}} in long form) template is for use a) at the beginning of a "double-quoted" quotation that begins a 'single-quoted' quotation that in turn begins an enclosing "double-quoted" quotation, or b) at the end of a "double-quoted" quotation that ends a 'single-quoted' quotation that in turn ends an enclosing "double-quoted" quotation. Its purpose is to slightly space the single and double quotation marks apart for legibility, without actually inserting a space character. It does this with CSS, and does so because the insertion of extraneous space characters of any kind would be a violation of the semantic integrity of the web content of the article or other page in which it appeared.
- Example (with highlighting added for clarity)
- Using the template:
Kwan was quoted as saying, "She disputed his statement that 'Voltaire never said "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.{{" ' "}}
- Kwan was quoted as saying, "She disputed his statement that 'Voltaire never said "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."'"
- For comparison, here is the completely unspaced version:
Kwan was quoted as saying, "She disputed his statement that 'Voltaire never said "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."'"
- Kwan was quoted as saying, "She disputed his statement that 'Voltaire never said "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."'"
- And here is the version with a semantically incorrect non-breaking space character:
Kwan was quoted as saying, "She disputed his statement that 'Voltaire never said "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." ' "
- Kwan was quoted as saying, "She disputed his statement that 'Voltaire never said "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." ' "
- When rendered, the non-breaking-spaced version looks similar to or the same as the template version, but improperly mixes content and presentation.
Mozilla/Firefox note
On some Mozilla-based browsers, the spacing is not perfectly even on both sides of the single-quote. There isn't anything we can do about this without making it look equally imperfect in most or all other browsers. This is a Mozilla bug, not a MediaWiki bug.
See also
- {{'}} (Template:Apostrophe)
- {{'s}}
- {{′}} (Template:Prime)
- {{''}}
- {{' "}} (Template:Single+double)
- {{" '}} (Template:Double+single)
- {{' '}} (Template:Single+single)
- {{" ' "}} (Template:Double+single+double)
- {{' " '}} (Template:Single+double+single)
- {{-"}} (Template:Space+double)
- {{"-}} (Template:Double+space)
- {{-'}} (Template:Space+single)
- {{'-}} (Template:Single+space)
- {{--)}} (Template:Space+parenthesis) (it's
--)because)and-)were already used by other templates) - {{(-}} (Template:Parenthesis+space) (using
(--also works, for consistency with the one above) - {{!}} (Template:Pipe, for escaping the "|" symbol)