Quote Formatter

A simple script that monitors the clipboard and formats straight quotes to curly quotes in real-time.

Features

• Replaces straight quotes with curly quotes using Unicode escape sequences
• Monitors the clipboard for changes and formats quotes automatically
• Supports left and right double quotes, as well as left and right single quotes
• Runs continuously until stopped with Ctrl+C

Usage

1. Save this script as a Python file (e.g. quote_formatter.py)
2. Run the script using Python (e.g. python quote_formatter.py)
3. The script will start monitoring the clipboard and formatting quotes
4. To stop the script, press Ctrl+C

Requirements

• Python 3
• pyperclip library (install with pip install pyperclip)

How it Works

The script uses the pyperclip library to monitor the clipboard and retrieve the current contents. It then checks if the contents have changed since the last check, and if so, formats the quotes using the format_quotes function. The formatted contents are then copied back to the clipboard.

Note

This script will continue to run until stopped with Ctrl+C. If you want to run the script in the background, you can use a tool like screen or nohup to keep it running.