GNU bug report logs - #24468
Emacs 25.1: Use of face escape-glyph on curly quotes is irritating.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>

Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 10:02:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #29 received at 24468 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: acm <at> muc.de, 24468 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24468: Emacs 25.1: Use of face escape-glyph on curly quotes
 is irritating.
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 10:03:24 +0300

> Cc: acm <at> muc.de, 24468 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
> Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 14:15:53 -0700
> 
> It's true that the name 'approximation-glyph' is long and hard to spell. 

My problem with it is not that it's long, my problem is that it's too
general.  "Approximation" could mean anything.

> Perhaps we can think of a better font name that doesn't imply ASCII. How 
> about 'homo-glyph'? That is more technically accurate anyway, as this 
> feature is all about homoglyphs.

Fine with me, thanks.
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