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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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: bug#16292: 24.3.50; info docs now contain single straight quotes instead of `'
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2014 05:49:12 +0200

> Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2014 15:35:36 -0800
> From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
> CC: monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, 16292 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, grfz <at> gmx.de
> 
> > I was talking about
> > either avoiding the use of "@documentencoding utf-8" or using
> > "--disable-encoding" for those manuals that need non-ASCII text.
> 
> Ah, OK, but neither of those approaches is suitable
> for the Emacs manuals in the long run, after the
> feature freeze is over.  And in the short run we
> can just leave the files alone, and build the
> next release tarball with Texinfo 4.

My suggestion solves more potential problems, so I think it is better
even in the short run, if not in the long.
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