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AZJonnie

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14. Nope its the combination of DU software and "curly" quotes (single or double)

Reply to cliffside (Reply #8)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 03:05 AM

Saturday

such as ones you'll get in Word software, and online articles, that you may copy in to a DU post. The curly quotes don't survive a round trip to the database (which is what preview and edit cause to happen). You have to just post them and leave them alone. For now.

“test” ‘test’

The curly quotes work if I just post but as soon as I preview or edit they break (turn into different characters). You can it happening

Edit actually someone fixed the software, works correctly now

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