diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
index 38777b003..c152cc336 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
@@ -381,7 +381,8 @@ comment = try (do
-- inline
--
-inline = choice [ strong, emph, ref, lab, code, linebreak, math, ellipses,
+inline = choice [ strong, emph, ref, lab, code, linebreak, spacer,
+ math, ellipses,
emDash, enDash, hyphen, quoted, apostrophe,
accentedChar, specialChar, specialInline, escapedChar,
unescapedChar, str, endline, whitespace ] <?> "inline"
@@ -579,6 +580,10 @@ linebreak = try (do
string "\\\\"
return LineBreak)
+spacer = try $ do
+ string "\\,"
+ return (Str "")
+
str = do
result <- many1 (noneOf specialChars)
return (Str result)
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Shared.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Shared.hs
index 1df2b4d38..2ba19f8dd 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Shared.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Shared.hs
@@ -306,12 +306,14 @@ splitByIndices (x:xs) lst =
first:(splitByIndices (map (\y -> y - x) xs) rest)
-- | Normalize a list of inline elements: remove leading and trailing
--- @Space@ elements, and collapse double @Space@s into singles.
+-- @Space@ elements, collapse double @Space@s into singles, and
+-- remove empty Str elements.
normalizeSpaces :: [Inline] -> [Inline]
normalizeSpaces [] = []
normalizeSpaces list =
let removeDoubles [] = []
removeDoubles (Space:Space:rest) = removeDoubles (Space:rest)
+ removeDoubles ((Str ""):rest) = removeDoubles rest
removeDoubles (x:rest) = x:(removeDoubles rest) in
let removeLeading [] = []
removeLeading lst = if ((head lst) == Space)
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX.hs
index 2badf2f24..d72c915d5 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX.hs
@@ -166,6 +166,11 @@ inlineListToLaTeX :: [Block] -- ^ List of note blocks to use in resolving note
inlineListToLaTeX notes lst =
concatMap (inlineToLaTeX notes) lst
+isQuoted :: Inline -> Bool
+isQuoted (Quoted _ _) = True
+isQuoted Apostrophe = True
+isQuoted _ = False
+
-- | Convert inline element to LaTeX
inlineToLaTeX :: [Block] -- ^ List of note blocks to use in resolving note refs
-> Inline -- ^ Inline to convert
@@ -178,9 +183,13 @@ inlineToLaTeX notes (Code str) = "\\verb" ++ [chr] ++ stuffing ++ [chr]
where stuffing = str
chr = ((enumFromTo '!' '~') \\ stuffing) !! 0
inlineToLaTeX notes (Quoted SingleQuote lst) =
- "`" ++ inlineListToLaTeX notes lst ++ "'"
+ let s1 = if (not (null lst)) && (isQuoted (head lst)) then "\\," else ""
+ s2 = if (not (null lst)) && (isQuoted (last lst)) then "\\," else "" in
+ "`" ++ s1 ++ inlineListToLaTeX notes lst ++ s2 ++ "'"
inlineToLaTeX notes (Quoted DoubleQuote lst) =
- "``" ++ inlineListToLaTeX notes lst ++ "''"
+ let s1 = if (not (null lst)) && (isQuoted (head lst)) then "\\," else ""
+ s2 = if (not (null lst)) && (isQuoted (last lst)) then "\\," else "" in
+ "``" ++ s1 ++ inlineListToLaTeX notes lst ++ s2 ++ "''"
inlineToLaTeX notes Apostrophe = "'"
inlineToLaTeX notes EmDash = "---"
inlineToLaTeX notes EnDash = "--"
diff --git a/tests/writer.latex b/tests/writer.latex
index f3ffeed62..e7b4d08e4 100644
--- a/tests/writer.latex
+++ b/tests/writer.latex
@@ -377,13 +377,13 @@ This is code: \verb!>!, \verb!$!, \verb!\!, \verb!\$!, \verb!<html>!.
\section{Smart quotes, ellipses, dashes}
-``Hello,'' said the spider. ```Shelob' is my name.''
+``Hello,'' said the spider. ``\,`Shelob' is my name.''
`A', `B', and `C' are letters.
`Oak,' `elm,' and `beech' are names of trees. So is `pine.'
-`He said, ``I want to go.''' Were you alive in the 70's?
+`He said, ``I want to go.''\,' Were you alive in the 70's?
Here is some quoted `\verb!code!' and a ``\href{http://example.com/?foo=1&bar=2}{quoted link}''.