Every time I type in a quote mark ("), the "smart" Chinese input method would automatically convert it to “ or ” for me. But compilers and interpreters don't know what “” mean, they can only recognize ".
How can I disable this conversion?
MacOS – Disable the conversion from “” to “” when typing Chinese
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Related Solutions
After select pinyin in your input language you can open any editor like textEdit:
when you start typing you see the box (like below box) and can select your desire word.
That is indeed a new feature for El Capitan:
Mac becomes even more fluent.
Japanese
Live conversion for keyboard input.
OS X El Capitan dramatically improves the ease and speed of entering Japanese text. With an enhanced vocabulary and improved language engine, it automatically transforms Hiragana into written Japanese as you type — eliminating the need to press the space bar for individual word conversions.
You can disable Live Conversion under System Preferences > Keyboard > Input Sources > Japanese, or the shortcut in the Input Menu Item by clicking Open Japanese Preferences:
Best Answer
In most Cocoa-based applications, you can disable this by unchecking Edit > Substitutions > Smart Quotes.