The software can instantly convert basic ASCII punctuation into advanced typographic punctuation HTML entities without any hassle.
In essence, SmartyPants performs various transformations such as straight quotes into curly quote HTML entities, backtick-style quotes into curly quote HTML entities, dashes into en-em dash entities, and triple dots into an ellipsis entity. This means that you can use plain old ASCII straight quotes, plain dashes, and plain dots whilst writing, editing, and saving your posts.
The software ensures that your published posts and the final HTML output appear with smart quotes, em-dashes, and proper ellipses. SmartyPants is a combination plug-in that works effortlessly by using a single plug-in file with Movable Type, BBEdit, and Blosxom. It can also be used from a Unix-style command-line.
Moreover, SmartyPants requires Movable Type 2.5 or later (including Movable Type 3.0), Blosxom 2.0 or later, BBEdit 5.1 or later, and Perl 5.005 or later. You can be sure that this software is perfect for all your web publishing needs.
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