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Remove the quotes from highlighted/linked symbols when displaying docs

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: scame <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com>
Cc: "46926 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <46926 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#46926: [External] : bug#46926: Remove the quotes from highlighted/linked symbols when displaying docs
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2021 19:26:38 +0000

> > 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 we consider Help buffers they usually not that large
> that you have to search for symbols in them.

As one user, I do sometimes search *Help* buffers.
Consider `C-h m', with multiple minor modes on.
`C-s' is a quick way to get around (as is `TAB').

> Check out this Help window. It is more tidy and readable
> without the unnecessary quotes:
> 
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://i.imgur.com/xiHv8lr.png__;!!GqivPVa
> 7Brio!KAfq4VYD_ewenpCsVCQ3R1KgAq-FHkBBTw2SyBUNvuGNuquMET3snfuX36dtA5fB$

No improvement, IMO.  No tidier, no more readable.
But different people have different preferences.

Don't get me wrong.  In some cases it can be useful
to replace the use of some envelope with just
highlighting (in some way) the enveloped text.

I do that with emphasized text in Info, for example.
That is, text such as _foo bar_.  But that choice is
controlled by an option, `Info-fontify-emphasis-flag'.

(All such things need to be optional, IMO.)

In some cases (e.g. "...") it generally makes sense
to highlight also the envelope char.  In other cases
(e.g. ‘...’, `...', <...>, '...'), it makes sense to
not highlight it (i.e., highlight only the text that's
enveloped).

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