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Support curved quotes in doc strings

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 20385 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20385: [PROPOSED PATCH] Support quoting 'like this' in doc strings
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 17:18:21 -0700

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On 04/20/2015 12:37 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> I don't like the look for `...' either.

Yes, it's a problem.

For better looks we can use curved single quotes, e.g., instead of the current:

  Indent each line via `indent-according-to-mode'.

we can use:

  Indent each line via ‘indent-according-to-mode’.

Curved single quotes nest better than apostrophe pairs, look better than grave 
accent + apostrophe, and avoid the "misuse" of grave accent for quoting.  A 
revised patch is attached.

[0001-Support-quoting-like-this-in-doc-strings.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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