GNU bug report logs - #60454
30.0.50; `format-message' does not allow displaying "`" and "'" verbatim

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>

Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2022 15:05:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 30.0.50

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From: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 60454 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: bug#60454: 30.0.50; `format-message' does not allow displaying "`" and "'" verbatim
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2022 15:42:44 +0000

>
> Would it be possible to introduce some kind of escape mechanism in 
> `format-message' to produce literal "'" and "`" when needed?
>

Just let-bind text-quoting-style:

(let ((text-quoting-style 'grave))
  (format-message "foo `bar' baz"))
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