GNU bug report logs - #44211
26.3; Repeated `` and '' in Info (eintr)`GNU Free Documentation License'

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Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2020 14:42:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug, wontfix

Found in version 26.3

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 44211 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: bug#44211: 26.3; Repeated `` and '' in Info (eintr)`GNU Free Documentation License'
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 19:07:28 -0600

Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:
>
>> Dunno whether this is actually a bug, but it seems odd.
>>
>> In this node you find this text:
>>
>>  Texts.  A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
>>  Free Documentation License''.
>>
>> Should the `` and '' perhaps be rendered differently - perhaps as curly
>> double quotes?
>
> Agreed, they should probably be marked as the other instances of ``text
> quoted like this''.
>
> But the markup seems correct.  Is this a bug in makeinfo perhaps?

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> It is not a bug.  That's what @example does.

So should we replace this with “ and ” or should we close this as
wontfix?
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