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

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 20385 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: Re: bug#20385: [PROPOSED PATCH] Support quoting 'like this' in doc
 strings
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 21:58:49 -0400

> Will Emacs Lisp start using ‘ the same way it uses `, and ’ the same
> way it uses '?

Of course not.

> I'd suggest not worrying about this problem now - it will be there
> when you're done fixing other things. ;-)  Things like making it
> possible in Isearch to handle certain groups of chars (‘ and `,
> for instance) as equivalence classes.  That is a harder nut to
> crack, but also one that is genuinely worthwhile cracking.

Agreed.


        Stefan "Anxiously waiting for your patch"
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