. , : ; ? ! ` ' ( ) { } " + = - / * @ # $ % & ~ ^ | < >
In other words, the characters:
_ [ ] \
are never used except in the special senses defined above.
18. Quote marks may be rendered explicitly as open and close quote
marks with the sequences `single quotes' or ``double quotes''.
As long as quotes are balanced within a paragraph, the ASCII
quote character `"' may be used. Alternating occurrences of
this character will be typeset as open and close quote
characters. The open/close quote state is reset at the start
of each paragraph, limiting the scope of errors to a single
paragraph and permitting ``continuation quotes'' when multiple
paragraphs are quoted.
A program to translate Etexts prepared in this format into:
LaTeX (and thence to PostScript or PDF, if you wish)
HTML for posting on the Web
or Palm Reader format for handhelds
may be downloaded from:
http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/etset/
The program is in the public domain and includes complete source code.
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PEOPLE OF AFRICA
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by Edith A. How, B.A.