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25.0.90; Underscore for emphasis in Info?

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 23798 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23798: 25.0.90; Underscore for emphasis in Info?
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2016 18:09:37 +0300

> Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2016 23:53:17 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Cc: 23798 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > > C-h i h n
> > > Why are there underscores surrounding the text "please don't"?
> > 
> > That's how Info renders @emph.
> > 
> > > They don't cause that text to be rendered any differently.  Emacs has
> > > had faces for quite some time now.  Why not use a specific face for
> > > this?  Is this vestigial?  Does it really serve a purpose?
> > 
> > Because no one wrote code to implement that.
> 
> Then please consider this report as an enhancement request for that.
> 
> Below is a patch for one simple possibility.  It uses face `info-emphasis'
> to highlight emphasized single words, such as _foobar_.

Thanks.

> Is there any other kind of emphasis that is used?

Yes, there's @strong, rendered as *foo*.

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