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Everytime, I want to copy and paste one Javascript code example from a book (in a pdf version) to Sublime Text or Textmate, any " " become “ ” >> the code doesn't work.

Is there any way to fix this ?

Thanks in advance.

Config: OSX Lion, PDF reader : Skim

Update : for Textmate : the solution is here : http://goo.gl/3r3xI

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That's probably because the PDF uses actual curly quotation marks (which are indeed syntactically incorrect). The most straightforward thing to do would be performing a search and replace on the copied text in your text-editor.

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Thanks. The curly quotation marks look like as quotation marks in the PDF. – politicus Jan 26 '12 at 13:31
I'm pretty sure this is all down to using Microsoft Word as a document source due to its "Smart quotes", but the quotes as they appear in the PDF will look different depending on the font used – Stu Wilson Jan 26 '12 at 17:01
Thanks for the info. – politicus Jan 26 '12 at 17:24
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Some text editors like BBEdit or TextWrangler have a built-in command to straighten so-called "smart" quotes.

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It does not appear the the two text editors you cite as examples have built-in commands for this, so either search and replace or a plugin is the solution.

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Thanks for the info. I founded 2 commands for Textmate that solve the problem. I wish i could could find one for sublime text 2. – politicus Jan 29 '12 at 9:29

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