Function to fix and adjust quotations and dashes to correct german typography in text for html-use. It set's quotations and dashes (Gedankenstrich).

The quotations can be set to the both forms used in german text. This type: „quote“/‚quote‘ and that type: »quote«/›quote‹. The dash (Gedankenstrich) is set to a Halbgeviertelstrich.

This function is useful for web-based cms systems. The user doesn't have to worry about a consistent typography and can use the fast to type but wrong style with: " ' -.

Comments and enhancements are welcome.

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use integer;
use warnings;
use HTML::Entities;

# typoadjust
# in: text, quotation-style (1 = german, other = french)
# out: adjusted text
sub typoadjust {
    $_ = encode_entities(decode_entities(shift));
    # fix quotations
    if (shift == 1) {
        s/(^|\s)("|“|»|«)/$1„/g;
        s/("|«|»|”)($|[\s\-])/“$2/g;
        s/(^|\s)('|‘|‹|›)/$1‚/g;
        s/('|‹|›|’)($|[\s\-])/‘$2/g;
    } else {
        s/(^|\s)("|„|“|«)/$1»/g;
        s/("|“|”|»)($|[\s\-])/«$2/g;
        s/(^|\s)('|‘|‚|‹)/$1›/g;
        s/('|‘|’|›)($|[\s\-])/‹$2/g;
    }
    # fix dash
    s/(\s)-(\s)/$1–$2/g;
    return decode_entities($_);
}

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