punctilio 4.3.1 → 5.0.1

package/dist/quote-classifier.js

@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
-import { LATIN_LETTERS, TERMINAL_PUNCTUATION, UNICODE_SYMBOLS } from "./constants.js";
-import { withProseView } from "./prose-view.js";
-const { EM_DASH, LEFT_DOUBLE_QUOTE, RIGHT_DOUBLE_QUOTE, LEFT_SINGLE_QUOTE, RIGHT_SINGLE_QUOTE, MODIFIER_LETTER_APOSTROPHE, DOUBLE_LOW_9_QUOTE, SINGLE_LOW_9_QUOTE, LEFT_GUILLEMET, RIGHT_GUILLEMET, NBSP, NNBSP, PRIME, DOUBLE_PRIME, } = UNICODE_SYMBOLS;
+import { LATIN_LETTERS, SPACE_CHARS, TERMINAL_PUNCTUATION, UNICODE_SYMBOLS } from "./constants.js";
+const { EM_DASH, EN_DASH, MINUS, LEFT_DOUBLE_QUOTE, RIGHT_DOUBLE_QUOTE, LEFT_SINGLE_QUOTE, RIGHT_SINGLE_QUOTE, MODIFIER_LETTER_APOSTROPHE, DOUBLE_LOW_9_QUOTE, SINGLE_LOW_9_QUOTE, LEFT_GUILLEMET, RIGHT_GUILLEMET, NBSP, NNBSP, PRIME, DOUBLE_PRIME, ELLIPSIS, DOUBLE_QUESTION, QUESTION_EXCLAMATION, EXCLAMATION_QUESTION, DOUBLE_EXCLAMATION, INTERROBANG, MULTIPLICATION, APPROXIMATE, GREATER_EQUAL, LESS_EQUAL, NOT_EQUAL, PLUS_MINUS, SUPERSCRIPT_ST, SUPERSCRIPT_ND, SUPERSCRIPT_RD, SUPERSCRIPT_TH, } = UNICODE_SYMBOLS;
+/**
+ * Glyphs the symbol passes fold `?`/`!` runs and `...` into. The quote rules
+ * run before those passes, so every ending-context set that contains the
+ * source punctuation must contain the folded glyph too — otherwise a decision
+ * gated on `?!` flips once a re-run sees `⁈`.
+ */
+const FOLDED_TERMINALS = [DOUBLE_QUESTION, QUESTION_EXCLAMATION, EXCLAMATION_QUESTION, DOUBLE_EXCLAMATION, INTERROBANG];
 export const PUNCTUATION_STYLES = ["american", "british", "german", "french", "none"];
 /** Internal-alphabet character for each non-LITERAL role. */
 const ROLE_BY_CHAR = new Map([
@@ -20,23 +26,43 @@ const DIGIT_RE = /\d/;
 const QUOTE_CANDIDATE_RE = new RegExp(`['"${LEFT_SINGLE_QUOTE}${RIGHT_SINGLE_QUOTE}${LEFT_DOUBLE_QUOTE}${RIGHT_DOUBLE_QUOTE}` +
     `${MODIFIER_LETTER_APOSTROPHE}${DOUBLE_LOW_9_QUOTE}${SINGLE_LOW_9_QUOTE}${LEFT_GUILLEMET}${RIGHT_GUILLEMET}]`);
 const TERMINAL_SET = new Set(TERMINAL_PUNCTUATION);
+/** The collapse pass's space alphabet (plain space, tab, NBSP, NNBSP). */
+const COLLAPSIBLE_SPACE_RE = new RegExp(`[${SPACE_CHARS}]`);
 const CLOSING_SET = new Set([RIGHT_SINGLE_QUOTE, RIGHT_DOUBLE_QUOTE]);
+/**
+ * Placement alphabet for renders that collapse apostrophes into U+2019: a
+ * re-run reads those apostrophes as closing single quotes (in every style but
+ * German, which re-derives U+2019 by position), so placement must treat an
+ * APOSTROPHE item as part of a closing run for the transform to be a fixed
+ * point.
+ */
+const CLOSING_OR_APOSTROPHE_SET = new Set([RIGHT_SINGLE_QUOTE, RIGHT_DOUBLE_QUOTE, MODIFIER_LETTER_APOSTROPHE]);
 /** Chars from `'` ${LSQ} ${RSQ} ${MLA}; \w handled separately. */
 const SINGLE_QUOTE_FAMILY = new Set(["'", LEFT_SINGLE_QUOTE, RIGHT_SINGLE_QUOTE, MODIFIER_LETTER_APOSTROPHE]);
-/** Ending-context chars for single quotes (plus any \s char). */
-const SINGLE_ENDING_SET = new Set([".", "!", "?", ";", ",", ")", EM_DASH, "-", "]", '"']);
-/** Boundary chars before an opening single quote (plus any \s char). */
-const SINGLE_OPEN_BEFORE_SET = new Set([LEFT_DOUBLE_QUOTE, RIGHT_DOUBLE_QUOTE, EM_DASH, "-", "("]);
+/** Ending-context chars for single quotes (plus any \s char). The curly
+ * doubles accompany the straight one: `"` curls into one of them in this same
+ * pass, and an ending decision must survive the curl. */
+const SINGLE_ENDING_SET = new Set([".", "!", "?", ";", ",", ")", EM_DASH, "-", "]", '"', LEFT_DOUBLE_QUOTE, RIGHT_DOUBLE_QUOTE, ELLIPSIS, ...FOLDED_TERMINALS]);
+/** Boundary chars before an opening single quote (plus any \s char). A
+ * straight double quote belongs with the curly pair: whichever way it curls
+ * lands in this set, so deciding as if it already had keeps re-runs (which
+ * see the curled glyph) consistent. */
+const SINGLE_OPEN_BEFORE_SET = new Set([LEFT_DOUBLE_QUOTE, RIGHT_DOUBLE_QUOTE, '"', EM_DASH, "-", "("]);
 /** Boundary chars before an opening double quote (plus any \s char). */
 const DOUBLE_OPEN_BEFORE_SET = new Set(["(", "/", "[", "{", "-", EM_DASH]);
-/** Ending-context chars that block the opener rule's arm 2 (plus any \s char). */
-const DOUBLE_OPEN_ENDING_SET = new Set([")", EM_DASH, ",", "!", "?", ";", ":", ".", "}"]);
+/** Ending-context chars that block the opener rule's arm 2 (plus any \s char).
+ * ELLIPSIS is deliberately absent: the rule's `...` arm opens, so `…` must too. */
+const DOUBLE_OPEN_ENDING_SET = new Set([")", EM_DASH, ",", "!", "?", ";", ":", ".", "}", ...FOLDED_TERMINALS]);
 /** Chars allowed before an empty double-quote pair (plus any \s char). */
 const DOUBLE_EMPTY_BEFORE_SET = new Set(["(", "[", "{"]);
-/** Chars allowed after an empty double-quote pair (plus any \s char). */
-const DOUBLE_EMPTY_AFTER_SET = new Set([")", "]", "}", ".", "!", "?", ",", ";", ":"]);
+/** Chars allowed after an empty double-quote pair (plus any \s char).
+ * Aligned to contain {@link DOUBLE_CLOSE_AFTER_SET}: a pair the empty-pair
+ * rule rejects falls through to opener/closer rules whose after-contexts are
+ * the closer set, and the two routes must accept the same shapes or a re-run
+ * (which sees the rendered opener, not the whitespace) classifies anew. */
+const DOUBLE_EMPTY_AFTER_SET = new Set([")", "]", "}", ".", "!", "?", ",", ";", ":", "/", "-", "s", EM_DASH, ELLIPSIS, ...FOLDED_TERMINALS]);
 /** Ending-context chars after a closing double quote (plus any \s char). */
-const DOUBLE_CLOSE_AFTER_SET = new Set(["/", ")", ".", ",", ";", EM_DASH, ":", "-", "}", "!", "?", "s"]);
+const DOUBLE_CLOSE_AFTER_SET = new Set(["/", ")", ".", ",", ";", EM_DASH, ":", "-", "}", "!", "?", "s", ELLIPSIS, ...FOLDED_TERMINALS]);
 function isLetterItem(items, index) {
     if (index < 0 || index >= items.length)
         return false;
@@ -51,9 +77,9 @@ function isCharItem(items, index, ch) {
 }
 /**
  * Index of the previous item, treating up to `maxBoundaries` boundary items as
- * transparent (the v4 `sep?` slots). Returns -1 at start of text; returns the
- * blocking boundary's index when the budget is exceeded, so character-class
- * tests on the result fail the way the sentinel character did.
+ * transparent. Returns -1 at start of text; returns the blocking boundary's
+ * index when the budget is exceeded, so character-class tests on the result
+ * fail (a boundary item satisfies no character class).
  */
 function prevIndex(items, index, maxBoundaries) {
     let j = index - 1;
@@ -97,7 +123,7 @@ function buildItems(view, style) {
     let b = 0;
     // German closers are depth-gated: U+201C/U+2018 close only below an open
     // low-9 quote; orphans fall back to straight-quote candidates re-derived by
-    // position (the v4 normalizeGermanQuotes depth-0 branch).
+    // position (the depth-0 branch).
     let doubleDepth = 0;
     let singleDepth = 0;
     let i = 0;
@@ -153,7 +179,9 @@ function buildItems(view, style) {
                 // Not used in German typography — re-derive by position.
                 mapped = '"';
             }
-            else if (ch === RIGHT_SINGLE_QUOTE) {
+            else if (ch === RIGHT_SINGLE_QUOTE || ch === MODIFIER_LETTER_APOSTROPHE) {
+                // U+02BC renders as U+2019, which the next run re-derives by position;
+                // re-derive it the same way now so both runs agree.
                 mapped = "'";
             }
             if (mapped !== null) {
@@ -180,6 +208,10 @@ function singleEndingAfter(items, index) {
     if (j >= items.length)
         return true;
     const item = items[j];
+    // A `!` that folds to `≠` is not the ending it looks like (`≠` is not in
+    // the ending set), and the re-run sees the folded glyph.
+    if (foldsToNotEqual(items, j))
+        return false;
     return !item.boundary && isSingleEndingChar(item.ch);
 }
 /** `(?=sep?(?:s sep?)?(?:[ending]|$))` — ending context with an optional `s`. */
@@ -195,8 +227,12 @@ function possessiveAfter(items, index) {
     return isCharItem(items, j, "s") && singleEndingAfter(items, j);
 }
 /**
- * `(?<=[^\s“'])` — the closing/possessive lookbehind. A boundary directly
- * before the quote satisfies it (the sentinel was an ordinary non-space char).
+ * `(?<=[^\s“'"])` — the closing/possessive lookbehind. A boundary directly
+ * before the quote satisfies it (a boundary is an ordinary non-space char).
+ * A straight double quote is excluded along with `“`: it may curl into an
+ * opener later in this same pass, which puts the candidate in exactly the
+ * nested-opener position the `“` exclusion covers, and deciding against it
+ * now keeps re-runs (which see the curled glyph) consistent.
  */
 function singleCloserBefore(items, index) {
     if (index === 0)
@@ -204,18 +240,32 @@ function singleCloserBefore(items, index) {
     const prev = items[index - 1];
     if (prev.boundary)
         return true;
-    return !SPACE_RE.test(prev.ch) && prev.ch !== LEFT_DOUBLE_QUOTE && prev.ch !== "'";
+    return !SPACE_RE.test(prev.ch) && prev.ch !== LEFT_DOUBLE_QUOTE && prev.ch !== "'" && prev.ch !== '"';
+}
+/**
+ * Letter test that treats folded word glyphs as the letters they fold from
+ * (`X` → `×`, `st` → `ˢᵗ`); see {@link FOLDED_WORD_CHARS}.
+ */
+function isLetterOrFoldedItem(items, index) {
+    if (index < 0 || index >= items.length)
+        return false;
+    const item = items[index];
+    return !item.boundary && (LETTER_RE.test(item.ch) || FOLDED_WORD_CHARS.has(item.ch));
 }
 /** Letter directly before (no boundary) and letter after (one boundary transparent). */
 function isContractionContext(items, index) {
-    return isLetterItem(items, index - 1) && isLetterItem(items, nextIndex(items, index, 1));
+    return isLetterOrFoldedItem(items, index - 1) && isLetterOrFoldedItem(items, nextIndex(items, index, 1));
 }
-/** True iff the item is outside the single-quote/word family (boundaries and text edges qualify). */
+/**
+ * True iff the item is outside the single-quote/word family (boundaries and
+ * text edges qualify). Folded word glyphs count as the word chars they fold
+ * from (`3x''` and `3×''` must agree on the empty-pair gate).
+ */
 function outsideSingleQuoteFamily(items, index) {
     if (index < 0 || index >= items.length)
         return true;
     const item = items[index];
-    return item.boundary || (!SINGLE_QUOTE_FAMILY.has(item.ch) && !WORD_RE.test(item.ch));
+    return item.boundary || (!SINGLE_QUOTE_FAMILY.has(item.ch) && !WORD_RE.test(item.ch) && !FOLDED_WORD_CHARS.has(item.ch));
 }
 /** Empty (`''`) and whitespace-only (`' '`) single-quote pairs. */
 function classifyEmptySinglePairs(items) {
@@ -265,20 +315,34 @@ function classifyNAbbreviation(items) {
         i += 2;
     }
 }
+/**
+ * Glyphs the symbol passes fold word characters into (multiplication `x` →
+ * `×`, ordinal suffixes → superscripts). Word-gated rules must accept them,
+ * or a gate decided on `6x'` flips once a re-run sees `6×'`.
+ */
+const FOLDED_WORD_CHARS = new Set([
+    MULTIPLICATION,
+    ...SUPERSCRIPT_ST, ...SUPERSCRIPT_ND, ...SUPERSCRIPT_RD, ...SUPERSCRIPT_TH,
+]);
 function isWordItem(items, index) {
     if (index < 0 || index >= items.length)
         return false;
     const item = items[index];
-    return !item.boundary && WORD_RE.test(item.ch);
+    return !item.boundary && (WORD_RE.test(item.ch) || FOLDED_WORD_CHARS.has(item.ch));
 }
-/** Possessive (`dog's`) → APOSTROPHE; then closing single (`'` in ending context) → CLOSE_SINGLE. */
+/**
+ * Possessive (`dog's`) → APOSTROPHE; then closing single (`'` in ending
+ * context) → CLOSE_SINGLE. Returns true when any item changed.
+ */
 function classifyPossessivesAndClosers(items) {
+    let changed = false;
     for (let i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
         const item = items[i];
         if (item.boundary)
             continue;
         if ((item.ch === "'" || item.ch === RIGHT_SINGLE_QUOTE) && singleCloserBefore(items, i) && possessiveAfter(items, i)) {
             item.ch = MODIFIER_LETTER_APOSTROPHE;
+            changed = true;
         }
     }
     for (let i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
@@ -287,8 +351,10 @@ function classifyPossessivesAndClosers(items) {
             continue;
         if (singleCloserBefore(items, i) && singleEndingAfter(items, i)) {
             item.ch = RIGHT_SINGLE_QUOTE;
+            changed = true;
         }
     }
+    return changed;
 }
 /** Word-internal contraction: letter + quote + letter → APOSTROPHE. */
 function classifyContractions(items) {
@@ -311,6 +377,12 @@ function isDecadeElision(items, index) {
     let after = index + 3;
     if (isCharItem(items, after, "s"))
         after++;
+    // A closing single quote directly after the digits means the number is
+    // quoted (`'37'`), not elided — the leading quote is its opener. Only the
+    // already-classified closer needs checking: a still-straight quote there
+    // halts the closer scan, which elides the leading quote anyway.
+    if (isCharItem(items, after, RIGHT_SINGLE_QUOTE))
+        return false;
     return !isLetterOrDigitItem(items, after);
 }
 function isDigitItem(items, index) {
@@ -323,7 +395,7 @@ function isLetterOrDigitItem(items, index) {
     if (index < 0 || index >= items.length)
         return false;
     const item = items[index];
-    return !item.boundary && (LETTER_RE.test(item.ch) || DIGIT_RE.test(item.ch));
+    return !item.boundary && (LETTER_RE.test(item.ch) || DIGIT_RE.test(item.ch) || FOLDED_WORD_CHARS.has(item.ch));
 }
 /** `nʼ ` directly after the quote — a quote leading into an already-classified 'n'. */
 function isNAbbreviationAhead(items, index) {
@@ -356,7 +428,7 @@ function hasClosingSingleAhead(items, index) {
  * apostrophe ('tis, '90s) unless a closing single quote lies ahead. Decisions
  * are taken against the pre-pass state and applied together, so a quote
  * converted here is still seen as a straight quote by later scans in the same
- * pass (matching the v4 snapshot semantics).
+ * pass (snapshot semantics).
  */
 function classifyLeadingApostrophes(items) {
     const toConvert = [];
@@ -380,7 +452,7 @@ function classifyOpeningSingles(items) {
         const item = items[i];
         if (item.boundary || item.ch !== "'")
             continue;
-        // Ahead: a boundary item satisfies \S (the sentinel was non-space).
+        // Ahead: a boundary item satisfies \S (a boundary is non-space).
         const next = items[i + 1];
         if (next === undefined || (!next.boundary && SPACE_RE.test(next.ch)))
             continue;
@@ -424,13 +496,23 @@ function classifyPluralPossessives(items) {
         }
     }
 }
-function classifySingles(items) {
+function classifySingles(items, style) {
     classifyEmptySinglePairs(items);
     classifyNAbbreviation(items);
     classifyPossessivesAndClosers(items);
     classifyContractions(items);
     classifyLeadingApostrophes(items);
     classifyOpeningSingles(items);
+    // The rules above rewrite neighbors the closer/possessive lookbehind keyed
+    // on: in a `''` chain the left quote becomes an apostrophe, which renders
+    // as U+2019 — exactly the glyph a re-run reads in that slot, where the
+    // straight `'` was excluded. Re-run the closer rule until it settles so the
+    // first pass reaches the re-run's reading. German is exempt: it re-derives
+    // every rendered single back to a straight `'`, so its re-run keeps the
+    // exclusion.
+    if (style !== "german") {
+        while (classifyPossessivesAndClosers(items)) { /* to fixpoint */ }
+    }
     classifyPluralPossessives(items);
 }
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -474,23 +556,88 @@ function classifyEmptyDoublePairs(items) {
         i = j;
     }
 }
+/**
+ * Glyphs of folds that can end immediately before a quote while consuming an
+ * interior node boundary (math pairs like `~=` → `≈`, dot triples → `…`,
+ * `?`/`!` ligatures; the bare `!` is the `!!` normalization's output). Such a
+ * fold collapses the boundary to just before the quote, so a boundary preceded
+ * by one of these marks a prefix whose unfolded source character (`=`, `.`,
+ * `!`, `?`) blocked the opener rule — and the re-run must block too.
+ */
+const FOLD_STRANDED_PREFIX_CHARS = new Set([
+    ELLIPSIS, APPROXIMATE, NOT_EQUAL, LESS_EQUAL, GREATER_EQUAL,
+    DOUBLE_QUESTION, QUESTION_EXCLAMATION, EXCLAMATION_QUESTION, "!",
+]);
 /**
  * Opener-position prefix for a straight double quote: line start, an
- * opener-context character, or — unlike single quotes — a bare boundary.
+ * opener-context character, or — unlike single quotes — a bare boundary
+ * (unless the boundary was stranded by a fold; see
+ * {@link FOLD_STRANDED_PREFIX_CHARS}).
  */
 function doubleOpenerPrefixOk(items, index) {
     if (index === 0)
         return true;
     const prev = items[index - 1];
-    if (prev.boundary)
-        return true;
+    if (prev.boundary) {
+        // The stranded-prefix lookbehind reads through every stacked boundary:
+        // each fold round can empty another node (`!`|`!`|`""` leaves two stacked
+        // boundaries before the quote), and the re-run must keep blocking.
+        let beforeIndex = index - 2;
+        while (beforeIndex >= 0 && items[beforeIndex].boundary)
+            beforeIndex--;
+        return beforeIndex < 0 || !FOLD_STRANDED_PREFIX_CHARS.has(items[beforeIndex].ch);
+    }
     return SPACE_RE.test(prev.ch) || DOUBLE_OPEN_BEFORE_SET.has(prev.ch);
 }
-/** Three literal dots with no boundaries between them, starting at `index`. */
+const ELLIPSIS_GAP_SPACE_RE = new RegExp(`[${SPACE_CHARS}]`);
+/**
+ * Index of the dot reachable across one inter-dot gap from the dot at
+ * `dotIndex` (the ellipsis pass's gap rule: the gap is nothing, one space
+ * character, or one node boundary). -1 when none.
+ */
+function nextEllipsisDotItem(items, dotIndex) {
+    let j = dotIndex + 1;
+    if (j < items.length && items[j].boundary) {
+        // Empty gap with one boundary; a second boundary breaks the gap.
+        j++;
+        return isCharItem(items, j, ".") ? j : -1;
+    }
+    if (j >= items.length)
+        return -1;
+    if (items[j].ch === ".")
+        return j;
+    if (ELLIPSIS_GAP_SPACE_RE.test(items[j].ch) && j + 1 < items.length && !items[j + 1].boundary && items[j + 1].ch === ".") {
+        return j + 1;
+    }
+    return -1;
+}
+/**
+ * True iff a `...`/`. . .` triple the ellipsis pass folds to `…` begins at
+ * `index`. Rules gated on this must decide like they would on `…` itself,
+ * since a re-run sees the folded glyph.
+ */
 function isEllipsisDots(items, index) {
-    return isCharItem(items, index, ".") && isCharItem(items, index + 1, ".") && isCharItem(items, index + 2, ".");
+    if (!isCharItem(items, index, "."))
+        return false;
+    const second = nextEllipsisDotItem(items, index);
+    return second >= 0 && nextEllipsisDotItem(items, second) >= 0;
 }
-/** Opening double quote by following context (the v4 beginningDouble arms). */
+/**
+ * `!=` (not followed by another `=`) at `index`: the math-symbol pass folds it
+ * to `≠`, which is not an ending character, so ending-gated rules must read
+ * the unfolded pair the same way. Mirrors the fold's boundary tolerance: one
+ * boundary at the `!`/`=` junction, and the blocking third `=` is seen
+ * through at most one boundary.
+ */
+function foldsToNotEqual(items, index) {
+    if (!isCharItem(items, index, "!"))
+        return false;
+    const eq = nextIndex(items, index, 1);
+    if (!isCharItem(items, eq, "="))
+        return false;
+    return !isCharItem(items, nextIndex(items, eq, 1), "=");
+}
+/** Opening double quote by following context. */
 function classifyOpeningDoubles(items) {
     for (let i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
         const item = items[i];
@@ -498,7 +645,7 @@ function classifyOpeningDoubles(items) {
             continue;
         if (!doubleOpenerPrefixOk(items, i))
             continue;
-        // Arm 1: a boundary then space/period/comma (the sentinel-start quirk).
+        // Arm 1: a boundary then space/period/comma (the boundary-start quirk).
         const next = items[i + 1];
         let opens = false;
         if (next?.boundary === true) {
@@ -511,13 +658,31 @@ function classifyOpeningDoubles(items) {
             const j = nextIndex(items, i, 1);
             if (j < items.length && !items[j].boundary) {
                 const ch = items[j].ch;
-                opens = isEllipsisDots(items, j) || (!SPACE_RE.test(ch) && !DOUBLE_OPEN_ENDING_SET.has(ch));
+                opens = isEllipsisDots(items, j) || foldsToNotEqual(items, j)
+                    || (!SPACE_RE.test(ch) && !DOUBLE_OPEN_ENDING_SET.has(ch));
             }
         }
         if (opens)
             item.ch = LEFT_DOUBLE_QUOTE;
     }
 }
+/**
+ * Opener-position prefix for the quoted-punctuation rule. Unlike
+ * {@link doubleOpenerPrefixOk}, boundaries are transparent here: a quote that
+ * merely starts a node (e.g. `"` directly after `</a>`) is not in opener
+ * position unless the character on the far side of the boundary run is itself
+ * opener context — matching how the rule classifies the equivalent plain
+ * string.
+ */
+function quotedPunctuationPrefixOk(items, index) {
+    let j = index - 1;
+    while (j >= 0 && items[j].boundary)
+        j--;
+    if (j < 0)
+        return true;
+    const ch = items[j].ch;
+    return SPACE_RE.test(ch) || DOUBLE_OPEN_BEFORE_SET.has(ch);
+}
 /**
  * Quoted-punctuation openers like `"?"`: an opener-prefixed straight double
  * quote with a closing straight double quote anywhere ahead (at least one
@@ -531,7 +696,7 @@ function classifyQuotedPunctuationOpeners(items) {
     }
     for (let k = 0; k < straightIndices.length; k++) {
         const i = straightIndices[k];
-        if (!doubleOpenerPrefixOk(items, i))
+        if (!quotedPunctuationPrefixOk(items, i))
             continue;
         const closer = straightIndices[k + 1];
         if (closer !== undefined && closer >= i + 2) {
@@ -557,19 +722,28 @@ function isDoubleCloseAfterChar(ch) {
 /**
  * Closing double quote by ending context: a non-space/non-paren character (or
  * a boundary) before it, and an ending character, a boundary, or end of input
- * after it. The v4 pass consumed the before-character, but a consumed span
- * can never contain the next match's before-character (the quote only closes
- * when followed by a non-quote), so no overlap tracking is needed.
+ * after it. A consumed span can never contain the next match's before-character
+ * (the quote only closes when followed by a non-quote), so no overlap tracking
+ * is needed.
+ *
+ * French: a plain space directly after an opener merges into the opener's
+ * rendered NNBSP padding once spaces collapse, so a re-run reads the opener
+ * itself in the lookbehind slot — read it that way now.
  */
-function classifyClosingDoubles(items) {
+function classifyClosingDoubles(items, style) {
     for (let i = 1; i < items.length; i++) {
         const item = items[i];
         if (item.boundary || item.ch !== '"')
             continue;
         const before = items[i - 1];
-        if (!before.boundary && (SPACE_RE.test(before.ch) || before.ch === "("))
-            continue;
+        if (!before.boundary && (SPACE_RE.test(before.ch) || before.ch === "(")) {
+            const absorbedIntoOpener = style === "french" && before.ch === " " && isCharItem(items, i - 2, LEFT_DOUBLE_QUOTE);
+            if (!absorbedIntoOpener)
+                continue;
+        }
         const next = items[i + 1];
+        if (foldsToNotEqual(items, i + 1))
+            continue;
         if (next === undefined || next.boundary || isDoubleCloseAfterChar(next.ch)) {
             item.ch = RIGHT_DOUBLE_QUOTE;
         }
@@ -597,12 +771,12 @@ function classifySinglesBeforeClosingDoubles(items) {
         }
     }
 }
-function classifyDoubles(items) {
+function classifyDoubles(items, style) {
     classifyEmptyDoublePairs(items);
     classifyOpeningDoubles(items);
     classifyQuotedPunctuationOpeners(items);
     classifyBraceOpeners(items);
-    classifyClosingDoubles(items);
+    classifyClosingDoubles(items, style);
     classifyEndOfInputClosers(items);
     classifySinglesBeforeClosingDoubles(items);
 }
@@ -614,15 +788,31 @@ function classifyDoubles(items) {
  * most one boundary between consecutive closers. Returns the item index just
  * past the run, or -1 when there is no run.
  */
-function scanClosingRun(items, start) {
-    if (start >= items.length || items[start].boundary || !CLOSING_SET.has(items[start].ch))
+/**
+ * True iff the item at `index` counts as a closing-run member for placement.
+ * An APOSTROPHE directly after an `s` is excluded even when the placement
+ * alphabet includes apostrophes: the re-run relabels that U+2019 an
+ * apostrophe again (the plural-possessive rule keys on the `s`), so
+ * punctuation must not move around it ("the boys'." keeps its period
+ * outside).
+ */
+function closingRunMemberAt(items, index, closingSet) {
+    if (index >= items.length || items[index].boundary || !closingSet.has(items[index].ch))
+        return false;
+    if (items[index].ch !== MODIFIER_LETTER_APOSTROPHE)
+        return true;
+    const prev = prevIndex(items, index, 1);
+    return !isCharItem(items, prev, "s") && !isCharItem(items, prev, "S");
+}
+function scanClosingRun(items, start, closingSet) {
+    if (start >= items.length || items[start].boundary || !closingRunMemberAt(items, start, closingSet))
         return -1;
     let runEnd = start + 1;
     for (;;) {
         let next = runEnd;
         if (next < items.length && items[next].boundary)
             next++;
-        if (next >= items.length || items[next].boundary || !CLOSING_SET.has(items[next].ch))
+        if (next >= items.length || items[next].boundary || !closingRunMemberAt(items, next, closingSet))
             break;
         runEnd = next + 1;
     }
@@ -671,37 +861,224 @@ function applyRelocations(order, moves) {
  * American style: a period or comma directly after a closing-quote run moves
  * to just before the run, unless the character before the run is terminal
  * punctuation ("Stop!". keeps its period outside). The scan advances one item
- * on every failed position, so a blocked outer run is retried one level in —
- * exactly the v4 movePunctuationInside walk.
+ * on every failed position, so a blocked outer run is retried one level in.
  */
-function movePunctuationInside(order, isMovable) {
-    // Decisions are taken against the pass-input order (the v4 pass scanned its
-    // input string while building the output), then applied together.
+function movePunctuationInside(order, isMovable, closingSet) {
+    // Decisions are taken against the pass-input order (the scan reads its input
+    // order while building the output), then applied together.
     const moves = [];
+    // Earliest unresolved straight single quote; remote closer-ahead scans start
+    // there, so moves past it are gated below.
+    let firstStraightSingle = -1;
+    for (let i = 0; i < order.length; i++) {
+        if (!order[i].boundary && order[i].ch === "'") {
+            firstStraightSingle = i;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    const movedFrom = new Set();
     let position = 0;
     while (position < order.length) {
         const runStart = order[position].boundary ? position + 1 : position;
-        const runEnd = scanClosingRun(order, runStart);
+        const runEnd = scanClosingRun(order, runStart, closingSet);
         if (runEnd === -1) {
             position++;
             continue;
         }
         const punctIndex = runEnd < order.length && order[runEnd].boundary ? runEnd + 1 : runEnd;
-        const precededByTerminal = position > 0 && !order[position - 1].boundary && TERMINAL_SET.has(order[position - 1].ch);
-        if (precededByTerminal || punctIndex >= order.length || order[punctIndex].boundary || !isMovable(order, punctIndex)) {
+        // The terminal lookbehind skips punctuation already relocated by this
+        // pass: those items no longer precede the run once the moves apply, and
+        // the re-run (which sees them relocated) must reach the same decision.
+        // One boundary is transparent: a ligature fold (`?` + `!` → `⁈`) pulls
+        // the terminal char across the node edge, and the re-run reads it there.
+        let beforeIndex = position - 1;
+        while (beforeIndex >= 0 && movedFrom.has(beforeIndex))
+            beforeIndex--;
+        if (beforeIndex >= 0 && order[beforeIndex].boundary && !(beforeIndex >= 1 && order[beforeIndex - 1].boundary)) {
+            // No moved-item skip here: a moved punct is always run-adjacent, and
+            // the run-skip above resolves such runs at the boundary item itself.
+            beforeIndex--;
+        }
+        const precededByTerminal = beforeIndex >= 0 && !order[beforeIndex].boundary && TERMINAL_SET.has(order[beforeIndex].ch);
+        // Gates that read only the run's end hold for every sub-run too, so on
+        // those failures the scan skips past the whole run — rescanning each
+        // suffix would be quadratic on long closer runs. The position-dependent
+        // lookbehinds (terminal char, A-side wall) instead retry one level in,
+        // where the preceding item is a closer and can no longer block.
+        if (punctIndex >= order.length || order[punctIndex].boundary || !isMovable(order, punctIndex)) {
+            position = Math.max(runEnd, position + 1);
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (precededByTerminal || moveWallAt(order, prevIndex(order, runStart, 1))) {
+            position++;
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (moveWallAt(order, nextIndex(order, punctIndex, 1))) {
+            position = Math.max(runEnd, position + 1);
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (insideMoveFlipsContext(order, runStart, punctIndex)) {
+            position++;
+            continue;
+        }
+        // Moving the punctuation inside strips the run of its ending context: an
+        // unresolved straight single quote earlier in the text whose closer-ahead
+        // scan reads a single closer in this run would stop seeing it as a closer
+        // on the next run (`'5'.0` → `'5.’0`) unless the post-move follower is an
+        // ending context itself. Leave the punctuation in place; the next run
+        // reaches the same state and blocks again.
+        if (firstStraightSingle !== -1 && firstStraightSingle < runStart
+            && runContainsSingleCloser(order, runStart, runEnd)
+            && !endingContextAfterMove(order, runEnd, punctIndex)) {
             position++;
             continue;
         }
         moves.push({ from: punctIndex, to: runStart, side: "before", anchorOffset: order[runStart].start, anchorBind: "right" });
+        movedFrom.add(punctIndex);
         position = punctIndex + 1;
     }
     return applyRelocations(order, moves);
 }
+/**
+ * Mirror of {@link nextEllipsisDotItem} walking backwards: the dot reachable
+ * across one inter-dot gap before (virtual) position `index`. -1 when none.
+ */
+function prevEllipsisDotItem(order, index) {
+    const j = index - 1;
+    if (j >= 0 && order[j].boundary) {
+        return isCharItem(order, j - 1, ".") ? j - 1 : -1;
+    }
+    if (j < 0)
+        return -1;
+    if (order[j].ch === ".")
+        return j;
+    if (ELLIPSIS_GAP_SPACE_RE.test(order[j].ch) && isCharItem(order, j - 1, "."))
+        return j - 1;
+    return -1;
+}
+/**
+ * Movable punctuation plus the ellipsis for the outside mover's chain guards:
+ * `…` folds from the dots the guards block on, so it blocks the same way.
+ */
+const CHAIN_PUNCT_SET = new Set([".", ",", ELLIPSIS]);
+/**
+ * True iff moving the period at `punctIndex` to just before `order[runStart]`
+ * would make the re-run read its surroundings differently:
+ *
+ *  - `..`/`. .` + `.` at the landing: the landed period completes a foldable
+ *    dot triple, which the double-opener rule reads as `…`;
+ *  - `.` + digit at the removal site: a period directly before a digit blocks
+ *    the dash pass's number-range detection, so vacating the slot converts a
+ *    range this run left alone.
+ */
+function insideMoveFlipsContext(order, runStart, punctIndex) {
+    if (order[punctIndex].ch === ".") {
+        const second = prevEllipsisDotItem(order, runStart);
+        if (second >= 0 && prevEllipsisDotItem(order, second) >= 0)
+            return true;
+        const afterPunct = nextIndex(order, punctIndex, 1);
+        if (afterPunct < order.length && !order[afterPunct].boundary && DIGIT_RE.test(order[afterPunct].ch))
+            return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+/** True iff the run [start, end) contains a single-quote closer or apostrophe. */
+function runContainsSingleCloser(order, start, end) {
+    for (let i = start; i < end; i++) {
+        const ch = order[i].ch;
+        if (ch === RIGHT_SINGLE_QUOTE || ch === MODIFIER_LETTER_APOSTROPHE)
+            return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+/**
+ * Mirror of {@link singleEndingAfter} at the run end as the post-move item
+ * sequence reads it: the vacating punctuation leaves its surrounding boundary
+ * items behind (an emptied node stacks them), and they all count against the
+ * lookahead's one-boundary budget.
+ */
+function endingContextAfterMove(order, runEnd, punctIndex) {
+    let boundaries = 0;
+    for (let j = runEnd; j < order.length; j++) {
+        if (j === punctIndex)
+            continue;
+        if (order[j].boundary) {
+            boundaries++;
+            if (boundaries > 1)
+                return false;
+            continue;
+        }
+        return endingContextAt(order, j);
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+/**
+ * Mirror of {@link singleEndingAfter}'s target test at an already-resolved,
+ * in-range index (the sole caller bounds it below `order.length`).
+ */
+function endingContextAt(order, index) {
+    const item = order[index];
+    if (foldsToNotEqual(order, index))
+        return false;
+    return !item.boundary && isSingleEndingChar(item.ch);
+}
+/**
+ * Characters (or a node boundary) that satisfy an opener-prefix rule. Openers
+ * classify before closers, so a closing quote re-derived with one of these in
+ * its lookbehind slot flips to an opener on the next run. The union of
+ * {@link SINGLE_OPEN_BEFORE_SET} and {@link DOUBLE_OPEN_BEFORE_SET}.
+ */
+const OPENER_PREFIX_CHARS = new Set([...SINGLE_OPEN_BEFORE_SET, ...DOUBLE_OPEN_BEFORE_SET]);
+/**
+ * True iff a closing quote would still re-derive as a closer with `prev` (the
+ * item before the punctuation being moved out) directly before it. German
+ * re-derives rendered closers from scratch on the next run (the orphan
+ * fallback): the slot must pass the closer lookbehinds (non-space, non-`(`,
+ * non-quote) and fail the opener prefixes (which preempt the closer rules); a
+ * boundary satisfies the opener prefixes, so it blocks too. A blocked move
+ * simply leaves the punctuation in place — a state the next run reproduces.
+ */
+function rederivesAsCloserAfter(prev) {
+    if (prev === undefined || prev.boundary)
+        return false;
+    return !SPACE_RE.test(prev.ch) && prev.ch !== "'" && !OPENER_PREFIX_CHARS.has(prev.ch);
+}
+/**
+ * Characters a later run reads context-sensitively: straight quotes the
+ * classifier leaves for re-reading, and dashes whose conversion rules key on
+ * the adjacent character (`’-2` folds to a minus sign where `.-2` does not).
+ * The folded math operators stand in for the two-character operators they
+ * fold from: a hyphen wall inside `+-` must keep blocking once a re-run sees
+ * `±`.
+ */
+const MOVE_WALL_CHARS = new Set([
+    "'", '"', "-", EN_DASH, EM_DASH, MINUS,
+    APPROXIMATE, GREATER_EQUAL, LESS_EQUAL, NOT_EQUAL, PLUS_MINUS,
+]);
+/**
+ * True iff the item at `index` (one boundary transparent) is a character a
+ * later run reads context-sensitively. Relocating punctuation past such an
+ * item would change the context that run sees, so both movers treat it as a
+ * wall: a blocked move leaves the punctuation where the next run finds — and
+ * blocks — it again.
+ */
+function moveWallAt(items, index) {
+    if (index < 0 || index >= items.length)
+        return false;
+    const item = items[index];
+    return !item.boundary && MOVE_WALL_CHARS.has(item.ch);
+}
 /**
  * British/German/French: a period or comma directly before a closing-quote
  * run moves past the whole run. No terminal-punctuation guard.
+ *
+ * `spaceBeforePaddedCloser`: French renders CLOSE_DOUBLE with leading NNBSP
+ * padding, and a plain space before the run merges into that padding once
+ * spaces collapse — a re-run reads the punctuation directly adjacent to the
+ * run. Treat one such space as transparent so the first pass moves the
+ * punctuation the way the re-run would.
  */
-function movePunctuationOutside(order, punctChar) {
+function movePunctuationOutside(order, punctChar, closingSet, guardRederivation, spaceBeforePaddedCloser) {
     const moves = [];
     let position = 0;
     while (position < order.length) {
@@ -710,6 +1087,41 @@ function movePunctuationOutside(order, punctChar) {
             position++;
             continue;
         }
+        if (guardRederivation && !rederivesAsCloserAfter(position > 0 ? order[position - 1] : undefined)) {
+            position++;
+            continue;
+        }
+        // German re-derives single closers from scratch. Moving the punctuation
+        // past a run whose first closer is a single quote changes what the item
+        // directly before the punctuation reads on the re-run:
+        //  - a single closer or apostrophe there loses the ending context its
+        //    closer rule needs (the re-derived run closer is a straight `'`, not
+        //    an ending character), unwinding to a straight quote;
+        //  - an `s` there gains the plural-possessive reading (`s` directly
+        //    before the closer), relabeling the closer an apostrophe.
+        // Leave the punctuation in place; the next run blocks here again.
+        const prevCh = position > 0 && !order[position - 1].boundary ? order[position - 1].ch : "";
+        if (guardRederivation
+            && (prevCh === RIGHT_SINGLE_QUOTE || prevCh === MODIFIER_LETTER_APOSTROPHE || prevCh === "s" || prevCh === "S")
+            && isCharItem(order, nextIndex(order, position, 1), RIGHT_SINGLE_QUOTE)) {
+            position++;
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (moveWallAt(order, prevIndex(order, position, 1))) {
+            position++;
+            continue;
+        }
+        // Another movable punctuation char directly before this one would end up
+        // group-adjacent after the move and migrate on the next run (one char per
+        // run, a cascade); leave chains of movable punctuation in place. The
+        // ellipsis belongs to the chain alphabet: it folds from the dots this
+        // guard blocks on, so the folded glyph must block the same way ("....”"
+        // re-reads as "….”").
+        const prevPunctIndex = prevIndex(order, position, 1);
+        if (prevPunctIndex >= 0 && CHAIN_PUNCT_SET.has(order[prevPunctIndex].ch)) {
+            position++;
+            continue;
+        }
         // Quotes group: one or more closers, each preceded by at most one boundary.
         let last = -1;
         let j = position + 1;
@@ -717,12 +1129,31 @@ function movePunctuationOutside(order, punctChar) {
             let k = j;
             if (k < order.length && order[k].boundary)
                 k++;
-            if (k >= order.length || order[k].boundary || !CLOSING_SET.has(order[k].ch))
+            // Any collapsible space char qualifies, not just a plain space: the
+            // collapse pass merges tabs and NBSPs into the closer's NNBSP padding
+            // the same way.
+            if (spaceBeforePaddedCloser && k < order.length && !order[k].boundary
+                && order[k].ch.length === 1 && COLLAPSIBLE_SPACE_RE.test(order[k].ch)
+                && isCharItem(order, k + 1, RIGHT_DOUBLE_QUOTE)) {
+                k++;
+            }
+            if (k >= order.length || order[k].boundary || !closingRunMemberAt(order, k, closingSet))
                 break;
             last = k;
             j = k + 1;
         }
-        if (last === -1) {
+        const afterRunIndex = nextIndex(order, last === -1 ? position : last, 1);
+        if (last === -1 || moveWallAt(order, afterRunIndex)) {
+            position++;
+            continue;
+        }
+        // The mirror of the chain guard above: a movable punctuation char directly
+        // after the run is where this one would land (`.'.'` interleaves two
+        // period+closer pairs), re-creating a movable configuration the next run
+        // would move again; leave the punctuation in place. As above, the ellipsis
+        // blocks like the dots it folds from.
+        if (afterRunIndex < order.length && !order[afterRunIndex].boundary
+            && CHAIN_PUNCT_SET.has(order[afterRunIndex].ch)) {
             position++;
             continue;
         }
@@ -731,15 +1162,68 @@ function movePunctuationOutside(order, punctChar) {
     }
     return applyRelocations(order, moves);
 }
-function applyPunctuationPlacement(items, style) {
+function applyPunctuationPlacement(items, style, apostrophe) {
+    const closingSet = style !== "german" && apostrophe === RIGHT_SINGLE_QUOTE
+        ? CLOSING_OR_APOSTROPHE_SET
+        : CLOSING_SET;
     if (style === "american") {
-        return movePunctuationInside(movePunctuationInside(items, isMovablePeriodAt), isMovableCommaAt);
+        // Each mover's gates read positions the other mover may vacate (a comma
+        // moving inside exposes a period's run to the terminal lookbehind), so
+        // one round can leave exactly the state a re-run would move again.
+        // Iterate to fixpoint; every move shifts punctuation left past a closer,
+        // so the rounds terminate. `movePunctuationInside` returns its input
+        // array unchanged when it makes no move.
+        let order = items;
+        for (;;) {
+            const next = movePunctuationInside(movePunctuationInside(order, isMovablePeriodAt, closingSet), isMovableCommaAt, closingSet);
+            if (next === order)
+                return order;
+            order = next;
+        }
     }
-    return movePunctuationOutside(movePunctuationOutside(items, "."), ",");
+    const guardRederivation = style === "german";
+    const spaceBeforePaddedCloser = style === "french";
+    return movePunctuationOutside(movePunctuationOutside(items, ".", closingSet, guardRederivation, spaceBeforePaddedCloser), ",", closingSet, guardRederivation, spaceBeforePaddedCloser);
 }
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Rendering
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+/** A one-char unmoved NBSP/NNBSP item textually adjacent at `offset`. */
+function isPaddingSpaceItem(item) {
+    return item !== undefined && !item.boundary && !item.moved
+        && item.end - item.start === 1 && (item.ch === NBSP || item.ch === NNBSP);
+}
+/**
+ * French renders double-quote glyphs with NNBSP padding. A source NBSP/NNBSP
+ * directly adjacent to the glyph would collapse with that padding into one
+ * space whose type wins by priority (NBSP beats NNBSP), which the next run
+ * absorbs as the glyph's padding and re-renders NNBSP — an oscillation.
+ * Absorb the adjacent space into the (single-char, i.e. unpadded) glyph item
+ * now so its render replaces both with the padded form.
+ */
+function absorbGuillemetPadding(items) {
+    for (let i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
+        const item = items[i];
+        if (item.boundary || item.moved || item.end - item.start !== 1)
+            continue;
+        if (item.ch === RIGHT_DOUBLE_QUOTE) {
+            const prev = items[i - 1];
+            if (isPaddingSpaceItem(prev) && prev.end === item.start) {
+                item.start = prev.start;
+                prev.end = prev.start;
+                prev.ch = "";
+            }
+        }
+        else if (item.ch === LEFT_DOUBLE_QUOTE) {
+            const next = items[i + 1];
+            if (isPaddingSpaceItem(next) && next.start === item.end) {
+                item.end = next.end;
+                next.start = next.end;
+                next.ch = "";
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
 /** Per-locale glyph table. `apostrophe` is U+2019 for niceQuotes, U+02BC for classifyApostrophes. */
 function renderTable(style, apostrophe) {
     const base = {
@@ -779,6 +1263,11 @@ function queueRenderEdits(view, items, table) {
             view.replace(item.start, item.end, "");
             const key = `${item.anchorOffset}|${item.anchorBind}`;
             const existing = insertions.get(key);
+            /* istanbul ignore if -- defensive: the placement guards (terminal
+               lookbehind, movable-punctuation chains) block any second relocation
+               next to an anchor another item already claimed, so merged insertions
+               are unreachable; merging keeps commit() from rejecting duplicate pure
+               insertions should a future rule re-open the path. */
             if (existing) {
                 existing.text += rendered;
             }
@@ -804,18 +1293,19 @@ function queueRenderEdits(view, items, table) {
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 /**
  * The quote/apostrophe role classifier: one boundary-aware scan over the
- * clean text replaces the v4 ordered regex pipeline.
- */
-export function classifyAndRenderQuotes(markedText, separator, style, apostrophe) {
-    if (!QUOTE_CANDIDATE_RE.test(markedText))
-        return markedText;
-    return withProseView(markedText, separator, (view) => {
-        const items = buildItems(view, style);
-        classifySingles(items);
-        classifyDoubles(items);
-        const placed = applyPunctuationPlacement(items, style);
-        queueRenderEdits(view, placed, renderTable(style, apostrophe));
-    });
+ * view's text. Commits its edits.
+ */
+export function classifyAndRenderQuotes(view, style, apostrophe) {
+    if (!QUOTE_CANDIDATE_RE.test(view.text))
+        return;
+    const items = buildItems(view, style);
+    classifySingles(items, style);
+    classifyDoubles(items, style);
+    const placed = applyPunctuationPlacement(items, style, apostrophe);
+    if (style === "french")
+        absorbGuillemetPadding(placed);
+    queueRenderEdits(view, placed, renderTable(style, apostrophe));
+    view.commit();
 }
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Prime marks
@@ -827,6 +1317,21 @@ function feetInchesBefore(items, digitIndex) {
         j--;
     return j >= 0 && items[j].ch === PRIME;
 }
+/**
+ * Mirrors the closer rules the quote pass applies to a digit-preceded straight
+ * quote: singles close (or turn possessive) per the single ending lookahead;
+ * doubles close before an ending character, a boundary, or end of input. The
+ * lookbehind sides of those rules are always satisfied here because the
+ * candidate has a digit (or a boundary) directly before it.
+ */
+function quotePassClosesCandidate(items, index, quote) {
+    if (quote === "'")
+        return singleEndingAfterOptionalS(items, index);
+    if (foldsToNotEqual(items, index + 1))
+        return false;
+    const next = items[index + 1];
+    return next === undefined || next.boundary || isDoubleCloseAfterChar(next.ch);
+}
 /**
  * The prime/quote disambiguation: a quote candidate after a digit converts to
  * a prime only when the running quote balance is open-free; contractions are
@@ -855,6 +1360,15 @@ function convertPrimes(items) {
                     item.ch = primeChar;
                     continue;
                 }
+                // Blocking a candidate is only stable when the quote pass curls it
+                // into a closer: a candidate it cannot close stays straight while
+                // the opener that supplied the balance curls, so the next run would
+                // see an open-free balance and fold the prime then. Fold it now to
+                // keep the transform a fixed point.
+                if (!quotePassClosesCandidate(items, i, quote)) {
+                    item.ch = primeChar;
+                    continue;
+                }
                 balance--;
                 continue;
             }
@@ -870,19 +1384,18 @@ function convertPrimes(items) {
         }
     }
 }
-/** primeMarks engine: converts `5'10"` to `5′10″` with quote-balance guards. */
-export function convertPrimeMarks(markedText, separator) {
-    if (!markedText.includes("'") && !markedText.includes('"'))
-        return markedText;
-    return withProseView(markedText, separator, (view) => {
-        const text = view.text;
-        const items = buildItems(view, "american");
-        convertPrimes(items);
-        for (const item of items) {
-            if (!item.boundary && item.ch !== text[item.start]) {
-                view.replace(item.start, item.end, item.ch);
-            }
+/** primeMarks engine: converts `5'10"` to `5′10″` with quote-balance guards. Commits its edits. */
+export function convertPrimeMarks(view) {
+    const text = view.text;
+    if (!text.includes("'") && !text.includes('"'))
+        return;
+    const items = buildItems(view, "american");
+    convertPrimes(items);
+    for (const item of items) {
+        if (!item.boundary && item.ch !== text[item.start]) {
+            view.replace(item.start, item.end, item.ch);
         }
-    });
+    }
+    view.commit();
 }
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