GNU bug report logs - #32546
26.1: checkdoc uses smart quotes

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 22:05:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 26.1

Fixed in version 26.2

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com>
To: 32546 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#32546: 26.1: checkdoc uses smart quotes
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 17:03:50 -0500

From emacs -Q, write:

(defun foo ()
  "A major-mode."
  (+ 1 1))

and do M-x checkdoc. It'll complain about major-mode needing to be
quoted. Hit "f" and you get:

(defun foo ()
  "A ‘major-mode’."
  (+ 1 1))

instead of

(defun foo ()
  "A `major-mode'."
  (+ 1 1))

I know that docstrings you see via e.g. C-h f use "smart" quotes now,
but I found it surprising that they're getting put into docstrings
themselves.

Thanks,
Alex
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