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: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, grfz <at> gmx.de, 16292 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16292: 24.3.50; info docs now contain single straight quotes instead of `'
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2014 23:55:51 -0500

>> > I won't recommend that: the effect is only visible with Texinfo 5,
>> > which is still new.  Complaints might come too late for us to be able
>> > to fix them (after the release).
>> I think we should take the risk.
> Why? what damage you envision from fixing a couple of manuals that are
> affected by this?

The text you elided explains the benefit I hope to get from not changing
(you call it "fixing" but I disagree with this designation)
those manuals.


        Stefan
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