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

Previous Next

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
To: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
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 17:06:36 +0000

Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org> writes:

>> 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"))

This won't work when I sometimes actually want the replacement to
happen:

(format-message "This is variable `foo', and the code 'bar")

-- 
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
Org mode contributor,
Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>.
Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>,
or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.