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How to make a real apostrophe or single-quote in LaTeX

I'm building a Python Regex cheat sheet using Latex, which has the following line:

\texttt{re.match('a\textbackslash sb', 'a b')

However, when the line is copied from the PDF document, the apostrophe (') is converted to Unicode Character 'RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK' (U+2019) (’):

re.match(’a\sb’, ’a b’)

This text is not recognizable by the Python interpreter.

Is there a LaTex tag for code that preserves the original characters?

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Adam Matan
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With pdflatex use \textquotesingle or \verb together with the package upquote:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{upquote}
\begin{document}
\texttt{re.match('a\textbackslash sb', 'a b')}

\texttt{re.match(\textquotesingle a\textbackslash sb\textquotesingle, \textquotesingle a b\textquotesingle)}

\verb+re.match('a\sb', 'a b')+
\end{document}

But you should be aware that copy code lines from a pdf can be problematic: e.g. spaces and identation can easily change.

Ulrike Fischer
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  • I don't seem to have pdflatex in texShop (Mac OSX), and it does not work with LuaLatex nor XeLaTeX. – Adam Matan Oct 22 '12 at 10:40
  • You certainly have pdflatex. But I forgot a brace in the code (now corrected). With lualatex/xelatex + \usepackage{fontspec} I can't reproduce your problem. You should make a complete example. – Ulrike Fischer Oct 22 '12 at 11:36