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: 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 05:42:55 +0300

> Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2016 17:12:44 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> 
> 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.
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