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August 12, 2013 23:49
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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 */ | |
| .replace(/(^|[-\u2014/\[(\u2018\s])"/g, "$1\u201c") | |
| /* closing doubles */ | |
| .replace(/"/g, "\u201d") | |
| /* em-dashes */ | |
| .replace(/--/g, "\u2014"); | |
| }; | |
| var children = element.children; | |
| if (children.length) { | |
| for(var i = 0, l = children.length; i < l; i++) { | |
| curlies(children[i]); | |
| } | |
| } else { | |
| element.innerHTML = smarten(element.innerHTML); | |
| } | |
| }; |
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| <!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <head> | |
| <title>curlier - native</title> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| <section class="what"> | |
| <div class="awesome"> | |
| <div class="classnames"> | |
| <article class="i-have"> | |
| <h1>It's a good day.</h1> | |
| <h2>What's up my friend?</h2> | |
| <p>He said, "She's my best friend."</p> | |
| <a href="#">Go "Here", I say.</a> | |
| </article> | |
| </div> | |
| </div> | |
| </section> | |
| <script src="curlies.js"></script> | |
| <script> | |
| curlies( document.body ); | |
| </script> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
Same problem here with the [br] element
This just solved a huge problem for me. Thank you.
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I noticed a small problem when using [br] tags, specifically inside a [p] tag, that will stop the function from updating the content. Any idea how to modify it? I'm not sure how.
By the way, thanks for writing this. Looks nice and saves time.