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 #22 received at 16292-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, 16292-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#16292: 24.3.50; info docs now contain single straight quotes
 instead of `'
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 20:10:38 -0800 (PST)

> Apparently the problem is that some of Emacs's .texi files
> contain @documentencoding directives and generate curly quotes,
> while others don't and generate straight quotes.  It's better to
> be consistent, and curly quotes seem more useful, so I installed
> a patch to do that as trunk bzr 115807.  I assume this fixes the
> bug and so am closing this bug report; if it's not fixed please
> let me know.

Curly opening and closing quotes are certainly better than having
the same kind of quote char for both opening and closing.  Thx.
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