GNU bug report logs - #24056
`DATA and 'DATA look the same in Guile INFO in emacs on tty & X11

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From: myglc2 <myglc2 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-guile <at> gnu.org
Subject: `DATA and 'DATA look the same in Guile INFO in emacs on tty & X11
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 16:09:37 -0400

Hello Guile,

You probably already know this, but, when viewing the Guile INFO on
emacs in tty or X11, the "Expression Syntax" part of the manual reads:

[...]
(quote DATA)
’DATA
[...]
(quasiquote DATA)
‘DATA
[...]

That is, the 'DATA and `DATA examples are both typeset with single
quote.

Upshot: One looks at things that are identical when one first reads how
they differ and wonders if one is going blind ;-)

I guess this is a problem with how @itemx handles backquote on these
platforms because the ./ref/api-evaluation.texi has a backquote ...

@itemx `@var{data}

... and is correctly typeset in the HTML doc.

Anyway, maybe the 'DATA & `DATA examples could be marked up differently
to overcome this?

Message #10 received at 24056-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andy Wingo <wingo <at> pobox.com>
To: myglc2 <myglc2 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 24056-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24056: `DATA and 'DATA look the same in Guile INFO in emacs
 on tty & X11
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 09:43:03 +0100

On Fri 22 Jul 2016 22:09, myglc2 <myglc2 <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Hello Guile,
>
> You probably already know this, but, when viewing the Guile INFO on
> emacs in tty or X11, the "Expression Syntax" part of the manual reads:
>
> [...]
> (quote DATA)
> ’DATA
> [...]
> (quasiquote DATA)
> ‘DATA
> [...]
>
> That is, the 'DATA and `DATA examples are both typeset with single
> quote.

I didn't know this!  A tricky little thing to fix but I think I have
it.  Thanks for the report :)

Andy

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