GNU bug report logs - #23798
25.0.90; Underscore for emphasis in Info?

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2016 00:14:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed, patch

Found in version 25.0.90

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com>
To: 23798 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23798: 25.0.90; Underscore for emphasis in Info?
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 13:32:37 +0100

On Tue 25 Jun 2019, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:

> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>>> Below is a patch for one simple possibility.  It uses face `info-emphasis'
>>> to highlight emphasized single words, such as _foobar_.
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> I've now applied the patch to the Emacs trunk.

The regexp used for emphasis does not match single words: it also
matches sequences within words.

For an example, see the "(gcc) Other Builtins" node, where C function
names are displayed incorrectly.

    AndyM
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