Dear Bastien DUMONT, Thank you very much for your reply. I tried as follows and got no changes. I'm sorry if I misunderstood your suggestion. *preamble.tex:* \usepackage{fontspec} \setmainfont{Georgia} \setjamainfont{BIZ UDMincho Medium} \babelfont[english]{rm}{Georgia} *input.md:* --- documentclass: bxjsarticle classoption: pandoc papersize: a4 --- [That person said, "Hello, world!"]{lang=en} *shell:* $ pandoc -V lang=ja input.md -o input.pdf --pdf-engine=xelatex -V pandoc -H preamble.tex On Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 2:32:57 PM UTC+9 Bastien DUMONT wrote: > An if you put the English parts in language spans as I said and add in > header-includes \babelfont[english]{rm}{Georgia}? > > Le Monday 10 April 2023 à 04:30:37PM, Shigeru Kobayashi a écrit : > > Dear Bastien DUMONT and John MacFarlane, > > > > Thank you very much for your reply. > > > > Regarding issue 1, I will use Unicode curly quotes instead of strait > quotes to > > avoid misinterpretation. > > > > Regarding issue 2, I tried marking the English text as [That person said, > > "Hello, world!"]{lang=en}, but the result was the same (i.e., quotes are > > typeset with the Japanese font instead of the English font). I also tried > > Unicode curly quotes. > > > > I have confirmed that "pandoc input.md -t input.tex" generates a code as > > expected as follows: > > \foreignlanguage{english}{That person said, ``Hello, world!''} > > > > Therefore, this is puzzling to me... > > > > > > Best regards, > > Shigeru KOBAYASHI > > > > > > On Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 2:34:40 AM UTC+9 John MacFarlane wrote: > > > > I would recommend using unicode curly quotes in the markdown when you're > > working in a language without interword spacing. We rely on interword > > spacing for heuristics about smart quotes. > > > > > On Apr 9, 2023, at 4:53 PM, Shigeru Kobayashi > wrote: > > > > > > Dear Pandoc community, > > > > > > I have encountered two issues regarding Pandoc's handling of quotation > > marks in cases where Japanese and English texts are mixed. > > > > > > I am using Pandoc version 3.1.2 on macOS 12.6.3, and I can reproduce > > these issues. If these are indeed bugs, I am planning to submit them as > > issues on GitHub. However, I would appreciate any guidance if these > issues > > arise from my incorrect usage. > > > > > > Issue 1: Conversion of English phrases within Japanese text > > > > > > I have observed the following issue. "input.md" is the input file, and > > "input.tex" is the output file. > > > > > > $ pandoc input.md -o input.tex > > > > > > input.md: > > > その人は"Hello, world!"と言いました。 > > > > > > input.tex: > > > その人は''Hello, world!{}``と言いました。 > > > > > > However, the conversion is correct when spaces are added before and > after > > the double quotation marks. > > > > > > input.md: > > > その人は "Hello, world!" と言いました。 > > > > > > input.tex: > > > その人は ``Hello, world!'' と言いました。 > > > > > > > > > Issue 2: The quotation marks are treated as Japanese text > > > > > > When converting with Pandoc, the quotation marks are treated as > Japanese > > text, resulting in an unnaturally wide gap. I have confirmed this using > two > > files, "preamble.tex" and "input.md," and specifying as follows: > > > > > > $ pandoc input.md -o input.pdf --pdf-engine=xelatex -H preamble.tex. > > > > > > preamble.tex: > > > \usepackage{fontspec} > > > > > > \setmainfont{Georgia} > > > \setjamainfont{BIZ UDMincho Medium} > > > > > > > > > input.md: > > > --- > > > documentclass: bxjsarticle > > > classoption: pandoc > > > papersize: a4 > > > fontsize: 10pt > > > --- > > > > > > # はじめに > > > > > > その人は "Hello, world!" と言いました。 > > > > > > That person said, "Hello, world!" > > > > > > > > > > > > In contrast, when I directly write the content in TeX and output it > using > > $ xelatex test.tex, the quotation marks are treated as English text, and > > the expected output is obtained. > > > > > > test.tex: > > > \documentclass[a4paper,xelatex,ja=standard]{bxjsarticle} > > > > > > \usepackage{fontspec} > > > \setmainfont{Georgia} > > > \setjamainfont{BIZ UDMincho Medium} > > > > > > \title{テスト} > > > \begin{document} > > > \maketitle > > > > > > \section{はじめに} > > > > > > その人は ``Hello, world!'' と言いました。 > > > > > > That person said, ``Hello, world!'' > > > > > > \end{document} > > > > > > > > > > > > Shigeru Kobayashi > > > > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "pandoc-discuss" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > email to pandoc-discus...-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org > > > To view this discussion on the web visit [1] > https://groups.google.com/d/ > > msgid/pandoc-discuss/ > > 4a0eafdc-b4a2-4a6a-9488-d2a1c9ef8351n%40googlegroups.com. > > > 8.47.43.png> > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "pandoc-discuss" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email > > to [2]pandoc-discus...-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org > > To view this discussion on the web visit [3] > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ > > pandoc-discuss/602edc59-8983-4459-bbbb-85cee5f013b3n%40googlegroups.com. > > > > References: > > > > [1] > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/4a0eafdc-b4a2-4a6a-9488-d2a1c9ef8351n%40googlegroups.com > > [2] mailto:pandoc-discus...-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org > > [3] > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/602edc59-8983-4459-bbbb-85cee5f013b3n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pandoc-discuss" group. 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