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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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 20385 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: bug#20385: [PROPOSED PATCH] Support quoting 'like this' in doc strings
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 14:04:59 -0400

> So if we want this to become our default, we need changes in
> ispell.el, to replace ’ with ' before we sent it to the speller.  Or
> maybe recommend users to install *.aff files that already support ’,
> assuming such dictionaries exist.

Another approach would be to keep `...' in the files, but use
redisplay/font-lock tricks to display them ‘like-this’.


        Stefan
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