quotation marks do not work in iOS 11

[jrmyeh]

I was loving Frotz under iOS 10 (playing Infocom's Spellbreaker), but when I updated to iOS 11, the new OS "broke" quotation mark usage. Now, I notice the quotations aren't straight up and down, like they used to be, but the fancier oblique ones. Frotz doesn't seem to recognize them anymore, and rejects whatever phrase I've entered containing the quotes. In this particular game, one needs quotes often (to refer to special cubes).

Thank you, and I love that you're keeping IF alive!

What version of Frotz are you using?
1.8 for iOS

What device model are you using (e.g., iPhone 6, iPad 4, iPod Touch 4th gen.)
iPhone 6s

What version of iOS? (6.1, 7.0, etc.)
11.0.1

Please provide any additional information below.

[spathiwa]

Wonderful. I just had to release an emergency update to address an issue with Dropbox changing their API, and to fix some other iOS issues with the upcoming iPhone X (using the simulator), but I didn't know about this one.
I'll try to get a fix out ASAP.
In the mean time, as a workaround, you can copy a short quoted string (using the normal "" quotes) from the web or another app. Just keep it in your copy/paste buffer and paste it in Frotz whenever you need it; in this case it preserves the quotes correctly. Then select the interior portion and type over it.

[spathiwa]

Better workaround: Go to the Settings App, in General -> Keyboard, there is a new toggle switch called "Smart punctuation" which defaults to on in iOS 11. Turn it off.

[jrmyeh]

Ok, great, and thank you very much. Just tried it - it worked. I played all of these Infocom games as a kid. Thanks for allowing me to play them again. They are really great. I can’t get my kids to see that, of course, but I love them.

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[spathiwa]

Smart quotes issue fixed in 1.8.2.