[texworks] Smart quotes?

[Herbert Schulz]

On Aug 11, 2010, at 10:07 AM, Bruno Voisin wrote:

> Setup: Mac OS X 10.6.4, TeXworks 0.3r567.
> 
> Every time I am attempting to write a backquote ` followed by a word, TeXworks insists on inserting a space between the two.
> 
> Example: I'm trying to write
> 
> 	We replaced `infinitesimal' by `infinitely small' and `infinite' by `infinitely large'
> 
> but TeXworks makes it
> 
> 	We replaced ` infinitesimal' by ` infinitely small' and ` infinite' by ` infinitely large'
> 
> More precisely, it seems to me the way to input such things is type a grave accent ` then space (so as to get the grave accent by itself) then the following text. Typing ` then the space is OK, it yields a grave accent by itself, but then when I type the following text TeXworks inserts suddenly a space on its own initiative.
> 
> The Smart Quotes mode is set to Off in TeXworks Preferences > Editor. Am I missing something elementary?
> 
> Bruno Voisin
> 

Howdy,

Could this be localization dependent? I'm not seeing this behavior with the English localization under Mac OS X 10.6.4 and TeXworks 0.3 (r.567).

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)