" -> \(lq ... " -> \(rq

[tu...@posteo.de]

Hi,

The troff has infected me! :)

Troff distinquishes between the "opening"
double-quote and the "closing" double
quote by using \(lq nad \(rq instead.

I could think of a non-100% safe regex
to detect opening and closing ", but
this would miss in one or the other
case.

Is their a function or anything else,
which would allow me to write someting
which get closer to 100% error free
detection of opening and closing "
in vim?

...or may be, my regex fu isn't that
bright?

Cheers!
mcc

[Stan Brown]

On 2021-03-04 14:36, tu...@posteo.de wrote:
> Troff distinquishes between the "opening"
> double-quote and the "closing" double
> quote by using \(lq nad \(rq instead.
>

> Is their a function or anything else,
> which would allow me to write someting
> which get closer to 100% error free
> detection of opening and closing "
> in vim?

If you want the actual characters, this will take you to the next
occurrence:

/[“”]/

In other words, put the two quote marks within square brackets.

If you want the troff sequences, use

/\\([lr]q/

The help text is at

:h /[]

--
Stan Brown
Tehachapi, CA, USA
https://BrownMath.com
https://OakRoadSystems.com

[tu...@posteo.de]

Hi Stan,

thanks a lot! :) Helps me a lot!

Cheers!
mcc

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