+@node Quotation Marks
+@section Quotation Marks
+@cindex Quotation marks
+@cindex Electric Quote mode
+@cindex mode, Electric Quote
+@cindex curly quotes
+@cindex curved quotes
+@findex electric-quote-mode
+ One common way to quote is the typewriter convention, which quotes
+using straight apostrophes @t{'like this'} or double-quotes @t{"like
+this"}. Another common way is the curved quote convention, which uses
+left and right single or double quotation marks @t{‘like this’} or
+@t{“like this”}. In text files, typewriter quotes are simple and
+portable; curved quotes are less ambiguous and typically look nicer.
+
+ Electric Quote mode makes it easier to type curved quotes. As you
+type characters it optionally converts @t{`} to @t{‘}, @t{'} to @t{’},
+@t{``} to @t{“}, and @t{''} to @t{”}. These conversions are
+suppressed in buffers whose coding systems cannot represent curved
+quote characters.
+
+@vindex electric-quote-paragraph
+@vindex electric-quote-comment
+@vindex electric-quote-string
+ You can customize the behavior of Electric Quote mode by customizing
+variables that control where it is active. It is active in text
+paragraphs if @code{electric-quote-paragraph} is non-@code{nil}, in
+programming-language comments if @code{electric-quote-comment} is
+non-@code{nil}, and in programming-language strings if
+@code{electric-quote-string} is non-@code{nil}. The default is
+@code{nil} for @code{electric-quote-string} and @code{t} for the other
+variables.
+
+ Electric Quote mode is disabled by default. To toggle it, type
+@kbd{M-x electric-quote-mode}. To toggle it in a single buffer, use
+@kbd{M-x electric-quote-local-mode}. To suppress it for a single use,
+type @kbd{C-q `} or @kbd{C-q '} instead of @kbd{`} or @kbd{'}. To
+insert a curved quote even when Electric Quote is disabled or
+inactive, you can type @kbd{C-x 8 [} for @t{‘}, @kbd{C-x 8 ]} for
+@t{’}, @kbd{C-x 8 @{} for @t{“}, and @kbd{C-x 8 @}} for @t{”}.
+@xref{Inserting Text}.
+