GNU bug report logs - #20385
Support curved quotes in doc strings

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 18:40:04 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #164 received at 20385 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: nicolas <at> petton.fr, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, 20385 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20385: [PROPOSED PATCH] Support quoting 'like this' in doc
 strings
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 23:12:55 +0300
> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 13:07:14 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Cc: 20385 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > Info files in the Emacs distribution already use curved single
> > quotes.
> 
> I sure hope not.  That's not the case in the Windows binary builds
> I was able to download.  But there is no Windows build for the latest
> release.  That will certainly be a step backward, if what you say
> is true.

This depends on the version of Texinfo used to generate the Info
files.  With the latest version, what Paul says is true.




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