Insert smart quotes into Sublime

[vim-user]

I need to be able to insert smart (curly) quotes into a document I am doing for work. Can someone perhaps guide me as to how to do this in sublime. I would require both single and double smart quotes.

[UltraInstinct05]

I was able to find this article on curly quotes https://typographyforlawyers.com/straight-and-curly-quotes.html
I followed the instructions for Windows and it worked on ST, though it seems to have to press 4 keys to actually do it.

[vim-user]

Thank you. I don’t mind pressing four keys. Unfortunately, it just so happens that the 0 on my numpad key does not work. :<. If I press 0 on my main keyboard I get ô

[rcopat]

Have you looked at this post?

Auto-pair typographical quotes

Hi, I was looking over the existing bindings and I couldn’t figure out what purpose was served by certain things, so I quickly re-wrote it. I’ve taken a lot of stuff out, but I think the functionality is the same (?). I’ve left some comments in there, as well as some stuff I’m not sure about, but if you get back to me soon enough I will hopefully remember why I’ve left them in It would be very helpful if I could find an example document to type, which would highlight potential issues. …

[vim-user]

I have not but I will look at it and revert back.

[vim-user]

I could not get this to work for me, but then I am a new user of Sublime. I think it is simplest if I just use straight quotes. I’m not sure the effort is worth my while. Thanks in any event.

[rcopat]

For some reason there were some [ missing in the code. Copy the code below, go to Preferences -> Key bindings, and paste on the right hand side pane. I haven’t tested fully, but it seems to work.

		/*** Smart Double Quotes (“”) ***/
		// Surround selection with smart quotes // OK, I think
		{ "keys": ["\""], "command": "insert_snippet", "args": {"contents": "“${0:$SELECTION}”"}, "context":
			[
				{ "key": "setting.auto_match_enabled", "operator": "equal", "operand": true },
				{ "key": "selection_empty", "operator": "equal", "operand": false, "match_all": true },
				{ "key": "selector", "operator": "equal", "operand": "text", "match_all": true }
			]
		},
		// Auto-pair smart quotes // OK -- but what about following/preceding regexs?
		{ "keys": ["\""], "command": "insert_snippet", "args": {"contents": "“$0”"}, "context":
			[
				{ "key": "setting.auto_match_enabled", "operator": "equal", "operand": true },
				{ "key": "selection_empty", "operator": "equal", "operand": true, "match_all": true },
				// { "key": "following_text", "operator": "regex_contains", "operand": "^(?:\t| |\\)|”|;|\\}|$)", "match_all": true }, // does commenting it out alter anything?
				{ "key": "selector", "operator": "equal", "operand": "text", "match_all": true }
			]
		},
		// Smart quote before word
		{ "keys": ["\""], "command": "insert_snippet", "args": {"contents": "“$0"}, "context":
			[
				{ "key": "setting.auto_match_enabled", "operator": "equal", "operand": true },
				{ "key": "selection_empty", "operator": "equal", "operand": true, "match_all": true },
				{ "key": "following_text", "operator": "reg ex_contains", "operand": "^\\S", "match_all": true },
				{ "key": "following_text", "operator": "not_regex_contains", "operand": "^(“|”|‘|’|\\)|])", "match_all": true },
				{ "key": "selector", "operator": "equal", "operand": "text", "match_all": true }
			]
		},
		// Smart quote after word
		{ "keys": ["\""], "command": "insert_snippet", "args": {"contents": "”$0"}, "context":
			[
				{ "key": "setting.auto_match_enabled", "operator": "equal", "operand": true },
				{ "key": "selection_empty", "operator": "equal", "operand": true, "match_all": true },
				{ "key": "preceding_text", "operator": "regex_contains", "operand": "\\S$", "match_all": true },
				{ "key": "following_text", "operator": "not_regex_contains", "operand": "^(“|”|‘|’|\\)|])", "match_all": true },
				{ "key": "selector", "operator": "equal", "operand": "text", "match_all": true }
			]
		},
		// Do not overwrite smart quotes with dumb quotes // OK, I think
		{ "keys": ["\""], "command": "move", "args": {"by": "characters", "forward": true}, "context":
			[
				{ "key": "setting.auto_match_enabled", "operator": "equal", "operand": true },
				{ "key": "selection_empty", "operator": "equal", "operand": true, "match_all": true },
				{ "key": "following_text", "operator": "regex_contains", "operand": "^(“|”)", "match_all": true },
				{ "key": "selector", "operator": "equal", "operand": "text", "match_all": true }
			]
		},
		{ "keys": ["backspace"], "command": "run_macro_file", "args": {"file": "Packages/Default/Delete Left Right.sublime-macro"}, "context":
			[
				{ "key": "setting.auto_match_enabled", "operator": "equal", "operand": true },
				{ "key": "selection_empty", "operator": "equal", "operand": true, "match_all": true },
				{ "key": "preceding_text", "operator": "regex_contains", "operand": "“$", "match_all": true },
				{ "key": "following_text", "operator": "regex_contains", "operand": "^”", "match_all": true },
				{ "key": "selector", "operator": "equal", "operand": "text", "match_all": true }
			]
		},
		/*** Smart Single Quotes (‘’) ***/
		// Surround selection with smart quotes // OK, I think
		{ "keys": ["'"], "command": "insert_snippet", "args": {"contents": "‘${0:$SELECTION}’"}, "context":
			[
				{ "key": "setting.auto_match_enabled", "operator": "equal", "operand": true },
				{ "key": "selection_empty", "operator": "equal", "operand": false, "match_all": true },
				{ "key": "selector", "operator": "equal", "operand": "text", "match_all": true }
			]
		},
		// Auto-pair smart quotes // OK -- but what about following/preceding regexs?
		{ "keys": ["'"], "command": "insert_snippet", "args": {"contents": "‘$0’"}, "context":
			[
				{ "key": "setting.auto_match_enabled", "operator": "equal", "operand": true },
				{ "key": "selection_empty", "operator": "equal", "operand": true, "match_all": true },
				// { "key": "following_text", "operator": "regex_contains", "operand": "^(?:\t| |\\)|’|;|\\}|$)", "match_all": true }, // does commenting it out alter anything?
				{ "key": "selector", "operator": "equal", "operand": "text", "match_all": true }
			]
		},
		// Smart quote before word
		{ "keys": ["'"], "command": "insert_snippet", "args": {"contents": "‘$0"}, "context":
			[
				{ "key": "setting.auto_match_enabled", "operator": "equal", "operand": true },
				{ "key": "selection_empty", "operator": "equal", "operand": true, "match_all": true },
				{ "key": "following_text", "operator": "regex_contains", "operand": "^\\S", "match_all": true },
				{ "key": "following_text", "operator": "not_regex_contains", "operand": "^(“|”|‘|’|\\)|])", "match_all": true },
				{ "key": "selector", "operator": "equal", "operand": "text", "match_all": true }
			]
		},
		// Smart quote after word
		{ "keys": ["'"], "command": "insert_snippet", "args": {"contents": "’$0"}, "context":
			[
				{ "key": "setting.auto_match_enabled", "operator": "equal", "operand": true },
				{ "key": "selection_empty", "operator": "equal", "operand": true, "match_all": true },
				{ "key": "preceding_text", "operator": "regex_contains", "operand": "\\S$", "match_all": true },
				{ "key": "preceding_text", "operator": "not_regex_contains", "operand": "(“|‘)$", "match_all": true },
				// { "key": "following_text", "operator": "not_regex_contains", "operand": "^(“|”|‘|’|\\)|])", "match_all": true },
				{ "key": "following_text", "operator": "not_regex_contains", "operand": "^(“|‘|’|\\)|])", "match_all": true },
				{ "key": "selector", "operator": "equal", "operand": "text", "match_all": true }
			]
		},
		// Do not overwrite smart quotes with dumb quotes // OK, I think
		{ "keys": ["'"], "command": "move", "args": {"by": "characters", "forward": true}, "context":
			[
				{ "key": "setting.auto_match_enabled", "operator": "equal", "operand": true },
				{ "key": "selection_empty", "operator": "equal", "operand": true, "match_all": true },
				{ "key": "following_text", "operator": "regex_contains", "operand": "^(‘|’)", "match_all": true },
				{ "key": "selector", "operator": "equal", "operand": "text", "match_all": true }
			]
		},
		{ "keys": ["backspace"], "command": "run_macro_file", "args": {"file": "Packages/Default/Delete Left Right.sublime-macro"}, "context":
			[
				{ "key": "setting.auto_match_enabled", "operator": "equal", "operand": true },
				{ "key": "selection_empty", "operator": "equal", "operand": true, "match_all": true },
				{ "key": "preceding_text", "operator": "regex_contains", "operand": "‘$", "match_all": true },
				{ "key": "following_text", "operator": "regex_contains", "operand": "^’", "match_all": true },
				{ "key": "selector", "operator": "equal", "operand": "text", "match_all": true }
			]
		},