Re: Why are ` and ' shown in help for doc strings?

[Juanma Barranquero]

On 12/16/06, Lennart Borgman <address@hidden>
wrote:

> If you write something like `some-var' it will show up just like that in
> the doc string, but with some-var underlined. The underlining makes
> some-var stick out pretty well. Why are ` and ' still shown then?

The underline means that `some-var' is a button linking to
`describe-variable' for some-var. But you could have customized the
`button' face so it is indistinguishable from the default font. Try
"M-: (set-face-attribute 'button nil :underline nil)".

                   /L/e/k/t/u