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27.0.50; Annoying ' to ’ translation

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From: Tomas Nordin <tomasn <at> posteo.net>
To: Helmut Eller <eller.helmut <at> gmail.com>, 31597 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#31597: 27.0.50; Annoying ' to ’ translation
Date: Fri, 25 May 2018 23:33:08 +0200

Sorry, I failed to read the subject of your report, please ignore my
noise.

Tomas Nordin <tomasn <at> posteo.net> writes:

> Helmut Eller <eller.helmut <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Executing this command:
>>
>>  emacs -Q -batch -eval "(error \"can't parse input\")"
>>
>
> I would guess that what is passed to emacs as a value to -eval after
> this command is
>
> (error "can't parse input")
>
>> prints
>>
>>  can’t parse input
>
> which then is expected?
>
> On the other hand, if I have this variable in bash:
>
> $ echo $message
> (error "\"can't parse input\"")
>
> and execute
>
> $ emacs -Q -batch -eval "$message"
>
> I get
>
> "can’t parse input"
>
> It's a fiddle but seems normal to me. Emacs 27.0.50 here.
>
> Best regards
> --
> Tomas

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