Scrivener for Windows - Problem with Dialogue Focus and comma after direct speech in German [and others]

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Hello everybody,

I am new to this forum and only started using Scrivener for Windows a few days ago. I am writing in German and hope you can help me with a problem. I have set Chevrons like »direct speech« for direct speech in the settings. When I switch on the dialogue focus function, this unfortunately only works partially. If I write a direct speech followed by a comma and an accompanying sentence, the accompanying sentence is also recognised as direct speech. Example:

»Can someone please help me with this?«, I asked the group.
=> , I asked the group is erroneously also recognised as direct speech.

»If I leave out the comma« it works.
==> it works is no longer recognised as direct speech

However, the rule in the German language is that a comma must be used. If I delete the comma, the accompanying sentence is no longer recognised as direct speech. Am I doing something wrong or is the function simply not designed for the German language?

Thanks a lot and best regards,
Ingmar

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Thanks for the report! It looks like we have this one written up, almost exactly as described. It isn’t a matter of the text being German, there are other regions and languages that put punctuation outside of the speech marks, too—it will even happen with ASCII straight quotes.

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Hi Amber,

Thanks for your quick reply. Will that functionality somehow be changed with an upcoming update?

Best regards,
Ingmar

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Yes, it is filed as a bug, sorry if that wasn’t made clear. :slight_smile:

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