GNU bug report logs - #46926
Remove the quotes from highlighted/linked symbols when displaying docs

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Message #14 received at 46926 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: scame <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com>, "46926 <at> debbugs.gnu.org"
 <46926 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: [External] : bug#46926: Remove the quotes from highlighted/linked
 symbols when displaying docs
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2021 17:58:16 +0000

> Help windows and Info show quoted symbols linked/highlighted. The
> quotes are added to denote the symbol in source docs, but when the symbol is
> linked/highlighted then the symbol is already processed for display and
> emphasised,  so there is  no need for displaying  the quotes.
> 
> Unnecessary characters make the text harder to the read, so the quotes
> should be hidden from display in docs. (Can characters be hidden with a
> face?)

No.  Please do not do this.

1. Users can turn off such highlighting.  They still need
   to be able to easily see such things.  The things need
   to stand out.

2. Users need to be able to search for such things, and
   one way to do that is to include the quotes, whether
   with a regexp or a plain-text pattern.

If you personally don't want to see the quotes, then
define some code that hides them.

Emacs itself could optionally have a command/mode to
hide them.  But I, personally, am not in favor of that.
Likewise, for hiding <...>, "...", '...', or any other
such envelopes.

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