import type { ConvertMarkdownOptions } from './types.js';
/**
 * Convert straight quotes to curly quotes in text formatted as Markdown. This
 * means that quotes inside code are not converted.
 *
 * This includes:
 * - Straight single/double quotes to left/right quotation marks,
 * - Straight quotes used as primes to proper prime symbols.
 * - Contractions and possessives like "don't", "it's", or "John's",
 *
 * @param {string} text - the text that may contain straight quotes
 * @param {Object} [options]
 * @param {boolean} [options.ellipsis] - whether to also convert "..." to an ellipsis
 * @return {string}
 * @throws {TypeError} if `text` is not a `String`
 *
 * @example
 * convert('"Hello `"world"`" they said.'); // “Hello `"world"`” they said.
 */
export declare function convertMarkdown(text: string, options?: ConvertMarkdownOptions): string;