GNU bug report logs - #21472
25.0.50; REGRESSION: (emacs) `Coding Systems' uses curly quotes for Lisp strings

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2015 15:46:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.0.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #88 received at 21472 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 21472 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: Re: bug#21472: 25.0.50; REGRESSION: (emacs) `Coding Systems' uses
 curly quotes for Lisp strings
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 11:27:14 -0700

On 09/16/2015 10:18 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> "Push" here is
> jargon

It would be ridiculous to quote every use of a technical term in the 
manual.  It's fine to quote the defining occurrence (prefably with 
@dfn), but other uses of technical terms should appear unquoted. This is 
standard English style and it's what Emacs manuals should use.  The 
defenses you gave for the quotes in the examples are weak; those quotes 
are unnecessary distractions to the reader, and their costs outweigh 
their benefits.
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