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Whiskers writes:
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I think the problem isn't that some quotes are curly (which is what they
should be), but that some documents and web pages are generated using

[Who says they should (-:?]

software that ignores the standard way of coding such characters - so
that a copy/paste into standard-observing software reveals the
discrepancies.

The OP wants to use a plain-text editor that only uses standard ASCII
(not "extended ASCII", or codes - i. e. characters between 32 and 126
decimal [plus newline]). He hasn't said why yet, but I understand what
he wants. (I was going to say "... like Notepad", but Notepad does allow
so-called "Extended ASCII", i. e. one particular set of the codes up to
255.) He is hoping for something that will render such text into
nearest-equivalent (such as quotes that have directional qualities all
into code 34 decimal).
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