smartypants

A Dart package that implements SmartyPants text formatting. This package helps convert plain text into a more typographically correct format by replacing certain characters and symbols with their "smart" counterparts.

Features

  • Replaces straight quotes with smart quotes.
  • Converts double and triple hyphens into en dash and em dash, respectively.
  • Replaces straight apostrophes with smart apostrophes.
  • Collapses multiple spaces into a single space.
  • Converts ellipses into a single ellipsis character.
  • Replaces mathematical symbols with their typographically correct versions.
  • Converts arrows into their respective symbols.

Getting started

To use the smartypants package, add it to your pubspec.yaml file:

dependencies:
  smartypants: ^0.0.1

Then, import the package in your Dart code:

import 'package:smartypants/smartypants.dart';

Usage

Here’s a simple example of how to use the SmartyPants class to format text:

void main() {
  String input = '"Hello" -- world!';
  String output = SmartyPants.formatText(input);
  print(output); // Prints: “Hello” – world!
}

For more complex examples, check the /example folder.

Additional information

For more information about the package, how to contribute, or to report issues, please visit the GitHub repository.

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or suggestions!

Libraries

smartypants