module Truty::English

Module with specific English typography fixes. @author Matěj Kašpar Jirásek

Public Instance Methods

english(input, convert = [:all], country = "us") click to toggle source

Improves the English typography of single paragraph. If you supply more paragraphs you might lose some improvements like widows. For improving longer text see {General#fix}.

@param input [String] The paragraph which will be converted. @param convert [Array] Array of symbols with features that should be improved (possibilities: all, hyphens, quotes, ellipsis, dashes, abbreviations, prepositions, numbers, dates, characters, brackets, multiplication, units, widows) @param country [String] The country (“uk” or “us”). @return [String] Paragraph with improved typography.

# File lib/truty/english.rb, line 14
def english(input, convert = [:all], country = "us")
  output = input
  output = soft_hyphens(output, "en_" + country) if (convert.include?(:all) || convert.include?(:hyphens))
  output = general(output, convert)
  output = english_double_quotes(output) if (convert.include?(:all) || convert.include?(:quotes))
  output = english_single_quotes(output) if (convert.include?(:all) || convert.include?(:quotes))
  output
end
english_double_quotes(input) click to toggle source

Converts double quotes to the typograhic ones.

@param input [String] The paragraph which will be converted. @return [String] Paragraph with correct double quotes.

# File lib/truty/english.rb, line 35
def english_double_quotes(input)
  quotes(input)
end
english_single_quotes(input) click to toggle source

Converts single quotes to the typograhic ones.

@param input [String] The paragraph which will be converted. @return [String] Paragraph with correct single quotes.

# File lib/truty/english.rb, line 27
def english_single_quotes(input)
  quotes(input, "'", "‘", "’")
end