GNU bug report logs - #16292
24.3.50; info docs now contain single straight quotes instead of `'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Gregor Zattler <grfz <at> gmx.de>

Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 22:10:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.3.50

Fixed in version 24.4

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #144 received at 16292 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: grfz <at> gmx.de, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, 16292 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16292: 24.3.50;
 info docs now contain single straight quotes instead of `'
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2014 22:08:14 +0200

> Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2014 09:50:21 -0800
> From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
> CC: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 16292 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, grfz <at> gmx.de
> 
> Defaulting to ASCII in all platforms would leave the original
> bug unfixed by default on all installations, causing the
> regression from `foo' to 'foo' that Drew Adams complained of.

That's not an Emacs problem.  The Texinfo developers decided to make
that change, and they followed the GNU Coding Standards.  Emacs needs
to adapt, as the rest of the GNU project did.  If you think this is a
step backwards, you need to talk to the Texinfo developers.
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