Subject: bug#2967: smart quotes in .emacs

From: "Kit O'Connell" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 07:53:37 -0500

Hi,

I was troubleshooting a friend's .emacs issues with the help of some
internet assistance. When I copy/pasted people's suggested .emacs
entries, some smart quotes got into the file, causing error messages.
You can see the whole process of how this happened here:
http://dreamcafe.com/words/2009/04/11/help-us-dr-internet-emacs-edition/#comment-5222

I think it would be good if emacs looked for smart quotes in .emacs
files and gave a warning or notice if it detected them. This would
help troubleshooting.

Kit