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: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 20385 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu
Subject: bug#20385: [PROPOSED PATCH] Support quoting 'like this' in doc strings
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 22:50:30 +0300

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu,  20385 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 15:34:04 -0400
> 
> > Which tricks did you have in mind?  Overlays?
> 
> `display' properties.

Sounds gross.

Moreover, AFAIU people who want to see ‘this’ actually _want_ to see
the u+2018 etc. characters in the file/buffer.
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