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bug#3503: 23.0.94; Emacs manual, main menu typo
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#3503: 23.0.94; Emacs manual, main menu typo |
Date: |
Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:21:26 +0300 |
> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: <3503@debbugs.gnu.org>, "'Eli Zaretskii'" <eliz@gnu.org>
> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:04:41 -0700
>
> Lars> I think this looks OK the way it is.
> Lars> It's introducing a concept that most newbies won't
> Lars> be familiar with.
>
> There is never any purpose in using double single quotes this way in the
> manual,
> AFAICT.
>
> Maybe Eli will correct me. If Eli checks this and he agrees with you, then
> I'm
> OK with it. Otherwise, I maintain that it is not helpful to use ``...'' in
> the
> manual.
Drew is right, the Info output should not use ``..'' quoting here.
Let me explain.
Normally, when the Info output is produced from Texinfo sources,
`makeinfo' converts ``...'' into "...", while in the printed output, TeX
converts that into “...”. This is why one normally should use ``...''
in Texinfo, not "...". But in menus, which are only visible in the
Info output, this conversion is evidently not done, so ``...'' stays
unchanged, which is not what we want.
You will see further down the main menu that "..." is used correctly.
Bottom line: the ``region'' thing (and ``edit'') should be changed to
use "..." quoting.