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

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Message #311 received at 16292 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, grfz <at> gmx.de, 16292 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16292: 24.3.50;
 info docs now contain single straight quotes instead of `'
Date: Sat, 03 May 2014 09:02:43 +0300

> Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 12:33:33 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Cc: 16292 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, grfz <at> gmx.de
> 
> > > I've had a report from an info+.el user that his 24.4.50.1
> > > build breaks the Info+ highlighting of names because '...'
> > > is used now instead of `...'.
> > 
> > Emacs should be built either with an old makeinfo, which should
> > quote `like this' with ASCII accent-grave and apostrophe, or
> > with a new makeinfo, which should quote 'like this' with Unicode
> > directed single-quotes.  Makeinfo shouldn't quote 'like this'
> > with ASCII apostrophe only. 
> 
> I thought Eli was saying that it does just that: '...'.
> What am I missing between what you two are saying about this?

@documentencoding, I think.  It determines whether makeinfo 5.x will
use '...' or ‘...’.

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