RealLongwayround
karbassi
/ curlies.js
Created
August 12, 2013 23:49
Really small native javascript function to convert text with straight quotes to curly/smart quotes.
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| function curlies(element) { | |
| function smarten(text) { | |
| return text | |
| /* opening singles */ | |
| .replace(/(^|[-\u2014\s(\["])'/g, "$1\u2018") | |
| /* closing singles & apostrophes */ | |
| .replace(/'/g, "\u2019") | |
| /* opening doubles */ |