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Re:Why keyboard shortcuts don't work on non-US layouts and h... by fasquoika on Thursday April 08, 2021 @10:10PM (#26746019)
This is how both TeX and m4 do quoting by default so presumably common when they were created (mid-eighties and early seventies respectively IIRC)
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Re:Why keyboard shortcuts don't work on non-US layouts and h... by kergonath on Friday April 09, 2021 @04:10AM (#26747899)
It’s an ASCII approximation of the proper typography for single quotes (except when you’d use inverted quotes for some reason, not sure how common it is in English).

Similarly, LaTeX uses `` and ‘’ for double quotes because the opening and closing symbols are not the same in properly typeset texts.

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