MultiMarkdown incorporates John Gruber’s SmartyPants tool in addition to the core Markdown functionality. This program converts “plain” punctuation into “smarter” typographic punctuation.
Just like the original, MultiMarkdown converts:
" and ') into “curly” quotes``this'') into “curly” quotes-- and ---) into en- and em- dashes...) become an ellipsisMultiMarkdown also includes support for quotes styles other than English (the default). Use the quotes language metadata to choose:
nl)de)fr)en)sv)This feature is enabled by default, but is disabled in compatibility mode, since it is not part of the original Markdown. You can also use the --nosmart command line option to disable this feature.