retext-smartypants

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retext plugin to apply SmartyPants.

Contents

• What is this?
• When should I use this?
• Install
• Use
• API

*   [`unified().use(retextSmartypants[, options])`](#unifieduseretextsmartypants-options)
*   [`Options`](#options)
*   [`QuoteCharacterMap`](#quotecharactermap)

• Types
• Compatibility
• Contribute
• License

What is this?

This package is a unified (retext) plugin to apply SmartyPants to the syntax tree. It replaces straight/typewriter punctuation marks and symbols with smart/curly marks and symbols.

When should I use this?

You can use this plugin any time there straight marks and symbols in prose, but you want to use smart ones instead.

Install

This package is ESM onlyesm. In Node.js (version 16+), install with npm:

npm install retext-smartypants

In Deno with esm.shesmsh:

import retextSmartypants from 'https://esm.sh/retext-smartypants@6'

In browsers with esm.shesmsh:

<script type="module">
  import retextSmartypants from 'https://esm.sh/retext-smartypants@6?bundle'
</script>

Use

import {retext} from 'retext'
import retextSmartypants from 'retext-smartypants'

const file = await retext()
  .use(retextSmartypants)
  .process('He said, "A \'simple\' english sentence. . ."')

console.log(String(file))

Yields:

He said, “A ‘simple’ english sentence…”

API

This package exports no identifiers. The default export is retextSmartypantsapi-retext-smartypants.

unified().use(retextSmartypants[, options])

Replace straight punctuation marks with curly ones.

Parameters

• options (Optionsapi-options, optional)

— configuration

Returns

Transform (Transformerunified-transformer).

Options

Configuration (TypeScript type).

Fields

• backticks (boolean or 'all', default: true)

— transform backticks;
when `true`, turns double backticks into an opening double quote and
double straight single quotes into a closing double quote;
when `'all'`, does that and turns single backticks into an opening
single quote and a straight single quotes into a closing single smart
quote;
`quotes: false` must be used with `backticks: 'all'`

• closingQuotes (QuoteCharacterMapapi-quote-character-map, default:

`{double: '”', single: '’'}`)
— closing quotes to use

• dashes ('inverted' or 'oldschool' or boolean, default: true)

— transform dashes;
when `true`, turns two dashes into an em dash character;
when `'oldschool'`, turns three dashes into an em dash and two into an en
dash;
when `'inverted'`, turns three dashes into an en dash and two into an em
dash

• ellipses ('spaced' or 'unspaced' or boolean, default: true)

— transform triple dots;
when `'spaced'`, turns triple dots with spaces into ellipses;
when `'unspaced'`, turns triple dots without spaces into ellipses;
when `true`, turns triple dots with or without spaces into ellipses

• openingQuotes (QuoteCharacterMapapi-quote-character-map, default:

`{double: '“', single: '‘'}`)
— opening quotes to use

• quotes (boolean, default: true)

— transform straight quotes into smart quotes

QuoteCharacterMap

Quote characters (TypeScript type).

Fields

• double (string)

— character to use for double quotes

• single (string)

— character to use for single quotes

Types

This package is fully typed with TypeScript. It exports the additional types Optionsapi-options and QuoteCharacterMapapi-quote-character-map.

Compatibility

Projects maintained by the unified collective are compatible with maintained versions of Node.js.
When we cut a new major release, we drop support for unmaintained versions of Node. This means we try to keep the current release line, retext-smartypants@^6, compatible with Node.js 16.

Contribute

See contributing.mdcontributing in retextjs/.githubhealth for ways to get started. See support.mdsupport for ways to get help.
This project has a code of conductcoc. By interacting with this repository, organization, or community you agree to abide by its terms.

License

MITlicense © Titus Wormerauthor