I have a problem with XeLaTeX that I have not had before. Quote marks are not rendering as "smart". Here is a MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
``Are quote marks working?''
\end{document}
Per this question I tried to use fontspec to fix it (I am using fontspec anyway outside my MWE):
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\defaultfontfeatures{Ligatures=TeX}
\begin{document}
``Are quote marks working?''
\end{document}
But the result was the same.
I only use XeLaTeX occasionally, as regular LaTeX does the job for most of my stuff. I suspect a system update has upgraded TeX Live since the last time I used XeLaTeX.
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pdflatexcompilation, notxelatex. But I think @UdiFogiel 's comment is likely to be the answer. – Alan Munn Nov 18 '23 at 21:32TeX-engine-set. I am installingtexlive-metanow to see what happens. – Kazark Nov 18 '23 at 21:36texlive-metafixed it. Thanks. – Kazark Nov 18 '23 at 21:43