I noticed that a certain character can produce a double speech quote inside a string, which I thought had been impossible to achieve. Having noticed it, I wanted to take note.
However, I don’t know where this character is (or how to reproduce it) on the keyboard. And this is going to be quite hard to show on a post, but I’ll give it a go in case anyone may be able to help me find it for future use. NB It’s the tiny spec of a line just prior the text I am talking about here … I copied the character from the file I found it in.
’ GIVES DOUBLE QUOTE (? - Don’t know where this is and is what I am looking for.) (*)
’ IS THE SINGLE QUOTE (Same key as the @ symbol)
` IS THE KEY BENEATH THE ESCAPE KEY (It is not this one.)
(*) It looks like a slightly leaning forward line, but I cannot find it on the keyboard anywhere, and so it may need an ASCII code, I guess.
Any ideas anyone?
It could be quite useful to have string with double quotes for me moving forward.
Perhaps shows it better …
Are you using a French keyboard? If so, look up an English keyboard?
I’m not sure.
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@Axe_Edge
No, I am using an English keyboard.
I don’t see that character anywhere on it (but may just be missing it) … and is why I am beginning to suspect my only way of using it may be by applying some sort of ascii code.
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Seems you’re looking for the acute accent (´).
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@Kamiryn
If that is the case, do you know where I can find it, or apply it using my English keyboard?
As I say, it could be useful to be used inside a string where double quotes would appear more natural than a single quote that I had ben using to date.
Note: It is a stand-alone character and not one above a letter, as in é ← ALT 0233 (ASCII)
´ ← ASCII 0180 (ASCII) - This may be it. Thanks! 
Next time, I’ll test that in the string.
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Have you tried Ctrl+'+Space?
@Kamiryn
This is ctrl + space >>>
I do not see anything for me.
So, unless there is another keyboard shortcut, I can live with the ASCII if that works out. 
Ctrl + ’
Release both keys
Space
@Kamiryn
I tried various combinations of what you describe above, but cannot get the same display as you do.
Even your first line in the above post (copied): Ctrl + ’ I cannot do with any key combinations. That is, I cannot even do the ’ part because that is the part I am trying to get.
’ is not `
’ is not ’
I just cannot type ’ ← Copied. 
Interestingly, in this post, my ’ does look like your ’ BUT, it does not when I type it. I’ll add an image of it to show. One sec…
The ’ in my post is the apostrophe (Ctrl + apostrophe, release keys, type space).
But I don’t have an english keyboard so I can’t try it by myself unfortunately.
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@Kamiryn
OK, well thanks for pointing e towards the accent anyway, as I am hoping that will do as I hope if I remember to use the ascii code 0180
´ ← Here is the ascii for me …
I’ll do a quick test and let you know if that worked. One sec …
Drats, ASCII 0180 did not work. 
@Kamiryn
Here are the comparisons … There is still a subtle difference.
Same text copied and pasted (minus ascii ref)
’ GIVES DOUBLE QUOTE AS OPPOSED TO ’
DIRECT CODE REF:
// ’ GIVES DOUBLE QUOTE AS OPPOSED TO '
Trying ALT 0145
YES! That works!
Here is where I tested it in front of Bugbear … So, using ‘ (ALT 0145) provides a " inside a string. Yeh!
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Don’t have NWN2 (installed) unfortunately.
In NWN EE we just type \" .
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@Kamiryn
I wonder if that will work in NWN2 as well … I’ll test. One sec …
Doh! Of course it won’t for me … as using a " already opens the text. That was why I was looking for it in the first place. A real Homer moment that. 
@Kamiryn
Actually, you have me curious now … So, if you wanted to display a string with double quotes, how would you write it?
For example, in NWN2 we cannot do this:-
" “TEXT HERE” "
… because the quotes would end what we are trying to do.
Now, I realise I can do this:-
“(ALT0145)TEXT HERE(ALT0145)” which would look like this …
“‘TEXT HERE‘” which would display as “TEXT HERE” in a string ref.
EDIT: Apparently ALT0146 is a closing speech, but I just tested using ALT0145 both to open and close.
In NWN it’s "\"TEXT HERE\""
@Kamiryn
Okay - that’s rather neat. We cannot do that - so it looks like ALT0145 for us.
EDIT: ALT0146 is a closing speech.
It was added in NWN EE 1.75.
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You can always compile your NWN2 script with the NWN:EE compiler or nwnsc, just use NWN2’s version of nwscript.nss.
Another workaround that was used previously in nwn1 is something like:
string QUOTE = GetName(GetObjectByTag("PLACEABLE_WITH_QUOTE_NAME"));
and then put a placeable somewhere and give it the name of ".
Or, find some dialog.tlk entry that contains " and extract it:
string QUOTE = GetSubString(GetStringByStrRef(1234), 1, 0))
Then use it as:
string sTextWithQuotes = "They call me " + QUOTE + "Quotey" + QUOTE + ". Dunno why.";
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Thanks for this info @sherincall , but for simplicity, it’s easier for me just to use the ascii codes where need be. It’s good to have such feedback though, so thanks.
