Note: Both
Smart QuotesandSmart Dashesare ignored in YAML/code/math block or in source code mode.
Smart Quotes
You can find the option Smart Quotes from menu bar or from preferences panel.
When it is enabled, Typora will convert ' and " to curly quotes. For example, if you input:
"It's a 'word' in a quoted sentence."
it will become:
“It’s a ‘word’ in a quoted sentence.”
On Windows/Linux version, you could find more quote pair patterns in Preferences Panel, like “«abc» “, etc.
On macOS version, you could set quote patterns in System Preferences → Keyboard → Text. If it is changed, Typora will need a restart to apply it.
Smart Dashes
You can find the option Smart Dashes from menu bar or from preferences panel. When it is enabled, Typora will convert -- and --- to en dash and em dash. And ... will be converted to ellipse (…).
Note: On macOS, if “Convert on Input” is choose, both
--and---will be converted toem dash, and foren dash, pleasealt+-to input it. This seems to be a macOS spec which Typora also follows on macOS.
Escape quotes and dashes
You could use \" and \- to escape quotes and dashes to prevent them from being converted.
“Convert on Input” and “Convert on Rendering”
Those options controls how punctuations are converted.
When Convert on Input is enabled, quotes and dashes are converted immediately when user is typing, and converted one will be saved in the Markdown source code. As example, if smart dashes are enabled, and after user input ..., he will get … in both edit/preview tab and source code. And user can cancel the improper convert by undo operation.
When Convert on Rendering is enabled, typing in ASCII quotes and dashes will save the original ASCII code on source mode, but in edit/preview tab, Typora will render them as curly quotes or unicode dashes.
Both ignore convertion when user input in YAML/code/math blocks or in source code mode.
Remap Unicode Punctuation on Parse
When smart dashes are enabled for “Convert on Input”, if user input <!-- comment --> it will become <!— comments —> since -- are converted.
To prevent such situation, Typora introduce this option. When it is enabled, Typora will remap unicode alternatives of markdown syntax as their ASCII one, e.g:
| Input | Parsed as |
|---|---|
<!— comments —> |
<!-- comment --> |
 or  |
 |
| ` — ` | ` — ` (horizontal line) |
》 引用 |
> 引用 |
| … |
It also helps if your IME (Input Method Engine) cannot input ASCII punctuations directly.
When Convert on Input is enabled, this option will also be enabled automatically.
Text Replacement
Typora does not support further text replacement rules (e.g: -> to →, or (C) to ©) out of the box. To do this:
- On macOS, we recommend you to do settings in
System Preferences→Keyboard→Text. And enable “Text Replacement” in Typora’s menu. Then Typora can use your text replacement rules. - On Windows/Linux, we recommend you to use 3rd party apps for the configuration of text replacement. You could choose from this list.