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25.2; Few mistakes in Emacs Manual (+ proposals)

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Sebastian Urban <mrsebastianurban <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 35885 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#35885: 25.2; Few mistakes in Emacs Manual (+ proposals)
Date: Wed, 12 May 2021 16:47:49 +0200

Sebastian Urban <mrsebastianurban <at> gmail.com> writes:

>> I understand item 1, but not item 2.  Why would we want to change
>> @samp to @kbd?  Likewise in other parts, where you suggest to change
>> @t to @kbd.  @kbd is for something the user types; using it for quotes
>> in context other than typing input is wrong.
>
> Before I answer, I have to ask: do we want extra (curved) quotes
> around examples showing quotes, both ASCII and curved?  Because I have
> doubts which way is correct...

I think we should use what's logical, even if it looks awkward on some
platforms.  So if it's something the user types, then it should be @kbd,
and if not, it shouldn't be.

Can you respin the patch without those changes?

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