Retext-smartypants NPM

retext-smartypants

What is this?

This package is a unified (retext) plugin to apply SmartyPants to the syntax tree. It replaces straight/typewriter punctuation marks and symbols with smart/curly marks and symbols.

When should I use this?

You can use this plugin any time there straight marks and symbols in prose, but you want to use smart ones instead.

Install

This package is ESM only. In Node.js (version 16+), install with npm:

npm install retext-smartypants

In Deno with esm.sh:

import retextSmartypants from 'https://esm.sh/retext-smartypants@6'

In browsers with esm.sh:

<script type="module">
  import retextSmartypants from 'https://esm.sh/retext-smartypants@6?bundle'
</script>

Use

import {retext} from 'retext'
import retextSmartypants from 'retext-smartypants'

const file = await retext()
  .use(retextSmartypants)
  .process('He said, "A \'simple\' english sentence. . ."')

console.log(String(file))

Yields:

He said, “A ‘simple’ english sentence…”

API

This package exports no identifiers. The default export is retextSmartypants.

`unified().use(retextSmartypants[, options])`

Replace straight punctuation marks with curly ones.

Parameters

options (Options, optional) — configuration

Returns

Transform (Transformer).

`Options`

Configuration (TypeScript type).

Fields

backticks (boolean or 'all', default: true) — transform backticks; when true, turns double backticks into an opening double quote and double straight single quotes into a closing double quote; when 'all', does that and turns single backticks into an opening single quote and a straight single quotes into a closing single smart quote; quotes: false must be used with backticks: 'all'
closingQuotes (QuoteCharacterMap, default: {double: '”', single: '’'}) — closing quotes to use
dashes ('inverted' or 'oldschool' or boolean, default: true) — transform dashes; when true, turns two dashes into an em dash character; when 'oldschool', turns three dashes into an em dash and two into an en dash; when 'inverted', turns three dashes into an en dash and two into an em dash
ellipses ('spaced' or 'unspaced' or boolean, default: true) — transform triple dots; when 'spaced', turns triple dots with spaces into ellipses; when 'unspaced', turns triple dots without spaces into ellipses; when true, turns triple dots with or without spaces into ellipses
openingQuotes (QuoteCharacterMap, default: {double: '“', single: '‘'}) — opening quotes to use
quotes (boolean, default: true) — transform straight quotes into smart quotes

`QuoteCharacterMap`

Quote characters (TypeScript type).

Fields

double (string) — character to use for double quotes
single (string) — character to use for single quotes

Types

This package is fully typed with TypeScript. It exports the additional types Options and QuoteCharacterMap.

Compatibility

Projects maintained by the unified collective are compatible with maintained versions of Node.js.

When we cut a new major release, we drop support for unmaintained versions of Node. This means we try to keep the current release line, retext-smartypants@^6, compatible with Node.js 16.